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Also known as William Henry Walker

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

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
80,341
Total plays
576,168

Tags

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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/

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2009 · cited 9,701x

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Sports profile

Sport
Rugby
Team
Cambridge RUFC
Position
Prop
Nationality
England

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Family name
Walker
Gender
male
Place of birth
Wednesbury
Place of death
Sheffield
Languages spoken
English language
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
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