Walter Corbett
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Walter "Watty" Samuel Corbett (26 November 1880 in Wellington, Shropshire – 1955 in Birmingham) was an English amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament.
In 1908 he was a member of the full England squad who toured Europe for the first time, making three appearances in the space of seven days against Austria, Hungary and Bohemia; all three matches resulted in comfortable victories for England.
References
- Walter Corbett at databaseOlympics.com (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Walter Corbett England profile at Englandstats
Categories:
- 1880 births
- 1955 deaths
- English footballers
- English Olympic medallists
- England amateur international footballers
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- England international footballers
- People from Wellington, Shropshire
- Olympic medalists in football
