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Jack Walders
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Walders^[1]
Date of birth	1881
Place of birth	Barrow-in-Furness, England
Date of death	13 January 1924 (aged 42)^[1]
Place of death	Burnley, England
Position(s)	Outside right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Barrow
1904–1906	Burnley	48	(2)
1906–1907	Oldham Athletic
1907–1908	Luton Town	20	(2)
	Chorley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonathan Walders (1881 – 13 January 1924) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Burnley as an outside right.^[1] He was described as a "highly experienced, a clever dribbler and a neat crosser of the ball".^[2]

Career

Walders began his career in non-League football with Barrow before being signed by Second Division club Burnley in 1903.^[1]^[3] He made 48 league appearances for Burnley and scored two goals, before leaving to join Oldham Athletic in 1906.^[1] He left Boundary Park after one season and had further spells in non-League football with Luton Town and Chorley.^[1]

Personal life

Walders' brother David also became a footballer.^[3] Walders enlisted in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1899 and was stationed in Malta, Crete and Gibraltar, before returning to Britain for home service in February 1903.^[4] After Britain's entry into the First World War, he rejoined the regiment and was posted to the Western Front in August 1914.^[4] Walders was taken prisoner of war by Germany on 22 December 1914 and remained in captivity until 6 September 1918, two months before the armistice.^[4] He was discharged from the army in February 1919.^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Luton Town	1907–08^[2]	Southern League First Division	20	2	1	0	21	2
Career total			20	2	1	0	21	2

^ Includes FA Cup

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 297. ISBN 9781905891610.
^ ^a ^b "Jon Walders". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Walders David Oldham Athletic 1907". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jonathan Walders | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

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