| Full name | Alexander William Walker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1908-10-25)25 October 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 January 1976(1976-01-26) (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bournemouth, England | ||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Businessman | ||||||||||||||||
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Alexander William Walker (25 October 1908 — 26 January 1976) was a Scottish international rugby union player.
Born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Walker was a Cambridge blue and also played rugby for Birkenhead Park. He gained five Scotland caps from 1931 to 1932, utilised as both a second row and back row forward.
Walker served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War II, attaining the rank of wing-commander.
A prominent Liverpool businessman, Walker was a member of the executive committee of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. He held the chairmanship of Lever Brothers Pakistan and Unilever Merseyside Ltd.
See also
References
- "A. W. Walker Gets Vacancy". Daily News. 2 December 1930.
- "Scots Rugby Trial". Edinburgh Evening News. 15 December 1932.
- ^ "Former Rugby international". Liverpool Daily Post. 26 June 1963.
External links
- Alexander Walker at ESPNscrum