Walter Corbett

Walter Corbett
Personnel
Surname	Walter Samuel Corbett
birthday	November 26, 1880
place of birth	Wellington , Shropshire ,  England
date of death	November 23, 1960
Place of death	Birmingham ,  England
position	Defender , outside runner (right)
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Thornhill FC
	Astbury Richmond
	Headingley FC
	Soho mansion
	Queens Park Rangers
1904-1906	Aston Villa	13 (0)
1907	Birmingham FC	11 (0)
	Queens Park Rangers
1908	Birmingham FC	15 (0)
	Wellington Town
1909-1910	Birmingham FC	20 (0)
	Wolverhampton Old Church
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1906-1910	England amateurs	15 (0)
1908	England	3 (0)
1908	Great Britain	3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Walter "Watty" Samuel Corbett (born November 26, 1880 in Wellington , Shropshire , † November 23, 1960 in Birmingham ) was an English football player .

Athletic career

Corbett played on the school team at Vicarage Road Council & King Edward Grammar School while in school . The defender then played for Thornhill FC , Astbury Richmond , Headingly FC and Soho Villa , clubs all of which were based in Handsworth, a district of Birmingham . He then played for FC Bournbrook before joining Aston Villa in June 1904 . In July 1907 he moved to Birmingham FC for which he played until May 1911, with the exception of two short breaks ( Queens Park Rangers in September 1907 and Wellington Town in April 1909).

For the English national team , Corbett played three games in just seven days in 1908 during the English national team's first European tour. So he was in the victories against Austria (6: 1) on June 6, Hungary (7: 0) on June 10 and Bohemia (4: 0), in their last international match on June 13.

At the 1908 Olympic soccer tournament , he won the gold medal with the amateur national team . In total, he played 15 times for the amateur selection.

successes

• Olympic gold medalist: 1908

Web links

• Walter Corbett in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile on englandfootballonline.com