fullname years death_date death_place clubs birth_place caps goals height position birth_date article_title name
john william walmsley 1920 1924 -- 1926 1926 -- 1929 1929 1929 -- 1921 1921 -- 1922 1922 -- 1924 1970 -lrb- aged 67 -rrb- haslingden , england bacup great harwood horwich rmi borough nelson barnoldswick town accrington stanley barnoldswick town accrington , england ? 1 ? 17 ? ? ? ? 0 ? 0 ? ? ? 5 9 wing-half 22 april 1903 john walmsley
 john walmsley
john walmsley

john william walmsley -lrb- 22 april 1903 -- 1970 -rrb- was an english professional association footballer who played predominantly as a wing half .
born in accrington , he initially played sunday league football for st paul 's and accrington st peter 's .
walmsley started his senior playing career in non-league football with bacup borough before joining football league third division north side nelson in 1921 .
he played just one match for nelson , appearing at centre-half in the 2 -- 4 defeat to wrexham on 26 november 1921 .
walmsley left the club at the end of the 1921 -- 22 season to join barnoldswick town .
after spending two years with barnoldswick , he moved back into the football league , signing for accrington stanley in the summer of 1924 .
he made nine league appearances for the side in his first season as the team finished 17th in the division .
the following campaign , he played eight times in the league as accrington achieved an 18th-placed finish .
he left the club at the end of the 1925 -- 26 season , and subsequently had spells with barnoldswick town , great harwood and horwich rmi before moving into local amateur football in the early 1930s .
