Walter Kimberley

Walter Kimberley
Personal information
Full name Walter Kimberley[1]
Date of birth 28 September 1884
Place of birth Aston, England
Date of death 22 April 1917(1917-04-22) (aged 32)[2]
Place of death Aston, England[3]
Playing position Left back, right half
Youth career
Gower Street School
Gravelly Hill Schools
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Tower Unity
Selly Oak St Mary's
Coldstream Guards
Aston Manor
1906–1912 Aston Villa 7 (0)
1912–1914 Coventry City 21 (2)
1914 Walsall
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Walter Kimberley (28 September 1884 – 22 April 1917) was an English professional football left back and right half who played in the Football League for Aston Villa.[1]

Personal life

While playing for Coventry City, Kimberley worked at the Coventry Ordnance Works.[4] An army reservist, Kimberley rejoined the Coldstream Guards as a lance corporal in August 1914, during the opening months of the First World War.[3] The following month, he was captured by the Germans during the First Battle of the Marne and spent two years as a prisoner of war, before being repatriated to Britain in August 1916 with pulmonary tuberculosis.[3] Kimberley was immediately discharged from the army and fell into severe ill heath, permanently losing his voice and dying at home in Aston on 22 April 1917.[3] He was buried in Witton Cemetery, Birmingham.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 1907–08[5] Football League First Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
1908–09[5] 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 7 0 0 0 7 0
Coventry City 1912–13[5] Southern League First Division 10 1 1 0 11 1
1913–14[5] 11 0 1 0 12 0
Total 21 1 2 0 23 1
Career total 28 1 2 0 30 1

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 164. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "CWGC – Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Walter Kimberley – Aston Villa and Coventry City". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Nowell, Charles (7 September 2012). City of Coventry Roll of the Fallen: The Great War 1914–1918. Andrews UK Limited. p. 188. ISBN 9781781509654.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Walter Kimberley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.


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