Walter Crook

Walter Crook
Personal information

Date of birth	(1912-04-28)28 April 1912
Place of birth	Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, England
Date of death	27 December 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 76)
Place of death	Mellor, England
Playing position	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1947	Blackburn Rovers	236	(2)
1947–1948	Bolton Wanderers	28	(0)
Total		264	(2)
National team
1939	England (wartime)	1	(0)
Teams managed
1948–1950	Ajax
1950	Sparta Rotterdam
1950–1953	Accrington Stanley
1953–1954	Ajax
1954–1955	Wigan Athletic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Walter Crook (28 April 1912 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.

Career

Playing career

Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 264 appearances.^[1] He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).^[2]

Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.^[3]

Coaching career

Crook managed Dutch side Ajax between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam^[4]^[5] and English club sides >Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.

References

↑ "Walter Crook". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
↑ Blackburn Official - Club Records
↑ "England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
↑ http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010950478%3Ampeg21%3Ap004%3Aa0079
↑ http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A010950608%3Ampeg21%3Ap004%3Aa0125

AFC Ajax – managers

Kirwan (1910–15)
Reynolds (1915–25)
Rose (1925–26)
Castle (1927–28)
Reynolds (1928–40)
Halpern (1940–41)
Volkers (1941–42)
Van Kol (1942–45)
Reynolds (1945–47)
Smith (1947–48)
Crook (1948–50)
Thomson (1950–53)
Crook (1953–54)
Humenberger (1954–59)
Buckingham (1959–61)
Spurgeon (1961–62)
Gruber (1962–63)
Rowley (1963–64)
Buckingham (1964–65)
Michels (1965–71)
Kovács (1971–73)
Knobel (1973–74)
Haarms (a.i.) (1974)
Kraay (1974–75)
Michels (1975–76)
Ivić (1976–78)
Brom (1978–79)
Beenhakker (1979–81)
De Mos (1981)
Linder (1981–82)
De Mos (1982–85)
Kohn, Bruins Slot & Van der Hart (1985)
Cruijff (1985–88)
Kohn (1988)
Linder (1988)
Kohn, Haarms & Hulshoff (1988–89)
Beenhakker (1989–91)
Van Gaal (1991–97)
Olsen (1997–98)
Wouters (1998–2000)
Westerhof (2000)
Adriaanse (2000–01)
Koeman (2001–05)
Blind (2005–06)
Ten Cate (2006–07)
Koster (2007–08)
Van Basten (2008–09)
Van 't Schip (a.i.) (2009)
Jol (2009–10)
De Boer (2010–16)
Bosz (2016–)

Sparta Rotterdam – managers

Chadwick (1915)
Donaghy (1929–30)
Hall (1948–49)
Livingstone (1949–50)
Crook (1950)
Van de Enden (1950–55)
Neville (1955–63)
Thompson (1963–66)
Coerver (1966–69)
Keßler (1970–71)
Schwartz (1971–72)
Steegman (1972–76)
Adamson (1976)
Brom (1976–78)
Petescu (1978–80)
Brand (a.i.) (1980)
Hughes (1980–83)
Jacobs (1983–84)
T. Vonk (1984–86)
Hughes (1986–88)
Baan (1988–90)
Van Doorneveld (1990–91)
Jacobs (1991–93)
Berger (1993–95)
Van Stee (a.i.) (1995)
Ten Cate (1995–97)
Brand (a.i.) (1997)
Van der Zee (1997–98)
Everse (1998–99)
Roks (1999–2001)
Van Hanegem (2001)
Rijkaard (2001–02)
Roks (2002–03)
Korbach (2003)
Van Leeuwen (a.i.) (2003)
Dekker (2003)
Snoei (2003–05)
Van Tiggelen (a.i.) (2005)
Vloet (2005–07)
Aandewiel (2007)
Van Tiggelen (a.i.) (2007)
Booy (2007–09)
Adelaar (2009–10)
De Mos (2010)
Everse (2010–11)
Van Eck (2011)
M. Vonk (2011–13)
Van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)
Ten Cate (2013)
Bogers (2013)
Van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)
Kruys (2014)
Pastoor (2014–)

Wigan Athletic F.C. – managers

Spencer (1932–37)
Milne (1946–47)
Pryde (1949–52)
Goodier (1952–54)
Crook (1954–55)
Suart (1955–56)
Cook (1956)
Barkas (1957)
Hitchen (1957–58)
Barrass (1958–59)
Shirley (1959)
Murphy (1959–60)
Chilton (1960)
Ball (1960–63)
Brown (1963–66)
Craig (1966–67)
Leyland (1967–68)
Saunders (1968)
McNeill (1968–70)
Milne (1970–72)
Rigby (1972–74)
Tiler (1974–76)
McNeill (1976–81)
Eyre (1981)
Lloyd (1981–83)
Charlton (1983)
McNally (1983–85)
Hamilton (1985–86)
Mathias (1986–89)
Hamilton (1989–93)
Philpotts (1993)
Swain (1993–94)
Barrow (1994–95)
Cribley (1995)
Deehan (1995–98)
Mathias (1998–99)
Benson (1999–2000)
Rioch (2000–01)
Greenall (2001)
Bruce (2001)
Jewell (2001–07)
Hutchings (2007)
Barlow (2007)
Bruce (2007–09)
Martínez (2009–13)
Coyle (2013)
Barrow (2013)
Rösler (2013–14)
Mackay (2014–15)
Caldwell (2015–16)
Joyce (2016–)

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