Watty Corbett

Olympic medal record
Men's football
Representing Great Britain

Walter Samuel Corbett (26 November 1880 – 23 November 1960), nicknamed "Watty", was an English footballer and member of the United Kingdom team^[1] which won the gold medal in the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Corbett, born in Wellington, Shropshire,^[2] arrived from Bournbrook FC to play for Aston Villa from 1904–05 to 1906–07 making 13 appearances before moving on to Birmingham.^[3] There, full back Corbett played 12 times in his first season.^[4]

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

^ The Olympic Games of 1908, DESBOROUGH, The Times, 22 June 1908
^ ^a ^b "Watty Corbett". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ AVFC.co.uk Watty Corbett
^ Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 260–261. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.

External links

Walter Corbett at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
Walter Corbett at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Walter Corbett at Olympics.com
Watty Corbett at Englandstats.com
Watty Corbett at EnglandFootballOnline.com

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[1] The Olympic Games of 1908, DESBOROUGH, The Times, 22 June 1908

[olympedia-2] "Watty Corbett". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[3] AVFC.co.uk Watty Corbett

[4] Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. pp. 260–261. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.

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