Billy Walker
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English footballer and manager (1897-1964)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Fly the Wing
- Soccer in the blood
- When the Gloves Came Off
- Contrasts
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-01-14
- Active to
- 2006-05-21
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 80,341
- Total plays
- 576,168
Tags
countryclassic countryrockabillyAllpost dead
Billy Walker (January 14, 1929 – May 21, 2006) was an American country-music singer and guitarist, nicknamed "The Tall Texan." Walker was born in Ralls, Texas, in 1929, and became active in the Dallas music scene in the late 1940s. After a brief stint with Capitol Records, he signed with Columbia Records in 1951 at the same time as Ray Price. Walker was a cast member on ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee in the late 1950's. He is most famous for his 1962 hit "Charlie's Shoes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Sports profile
- Sport
- Rugby
- Team
- Cambridge RUFC
- Position
- Prop
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Walker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Wednesbury
- Place of death
- Sheffield
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Billy Walker Footballer.png
- Height
- 183
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1897-10-29
- date of death
- 1964-11-28
- coach of sports team
- Chelmsford City F.C.
- name in native language
- Billy Walker
Sources (2)
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