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Walter Spratt (14 April 1889 – 22 January 1945) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Manchester United and Brentford. Born in Birmingham, he began his career with Rotherham Town and made guest appearances for Clapton Orient during the First World War. After leaving Brentford in 1921, he played for Sittingbourne for a year, before ending his career with Elsecar Main.

Walter Spratt

Spratt in 1920.
Personal information
Full name	Walter Spratt[1]
Date of birth	(1889-04-14)14 April 1889[2]
Place of birth	Birmingham, England[2]
Date of death	22 January 1945(1945-01-22) (aged 55)[3]
Place of death	Southwark, England[3]
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
	Meadow Hall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1910–1911	Rotherham Town
1911–1915	Brentford	106	(1)
1915–1920	Manchester United	13	(0)
	→ Clapton Orient (guest)
1920–1921	Brentford	4	(0)
1921–1922	Sittingbourne
1922–?	Elsecar Main
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Early career

Born in Birmingham, Spratt began his career at Midland League club Rotherham Town in 1910,[4] joining from local club Meadow Hall.[1] A year later, he signed for Southern League First Division club Brentford and made more than 100 appearances for the club before departing Griffin Park in early 1915.[4]

Manchester United

In February 1915, Spratt joined Football League First Division club Manchester United.[5] He initially joined on a one-month trial after being released by Brentford (along with all their other professional players).[6] Despite this, Brentford demanded Manchester United pay a fee to sign Spratt; United initially refused, but an Inter-League Board inquiry later ruled that they pay a fee of £175.[6] He made his Football League debut on 6 February, playing at right-back in a 1–0 defeat to Sunderland.[7] He made a total of 12 appearances during the 1914–15 season.[8]

Due to the ongoing First World War, Spratt did not make another competitive appearance for the Red Devils again until the 1919–20 season.[8] During the war, he played for Manchester United in the wartime leagues, as well as making guest appearances for Clapton Orient.[6] He was injured while playing for Clapton Orient and was not discharged from hospital until September 1919.[6] He made his comeback from injury in a Manchester United reserve team game in January 1920, before making final appearance for the club a month later in a 1–0 defeat at home to Arsenal on 28 February.[8]

Return to Brentford

Spratt returned to Brentford in May 1920,[9] for the club's first season in the Third Division South.[4] He made just four appearances, with his final game coming in a 2–0 defeat to West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on Christmas Day 1920.[10] Spratt departed Brentford at the end of the 1920–21 season, having made 123 appearances and scored one goal during his two spells with Brentford.[4]

Sittingbourne

At the end of the 1920–21 season, Spratt moved to non-League club Sittingbourne and moved back to Yorkshire in 1922 to end his career with Elsecar Main.[4][6]

Personal life

In 1906, Spratt served in the Royal Navy aboard HMS Boscawen III.[2] After the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the Royal Naval Reserve in February 1915 and later served in the Royal Naval Air Service (and subsequently the Royal Air Force) on communications bases at Crystal Palace and RNAS Kingsnorth.[2][11] While working as a despatcher for Mosers,[2] Spratt was one of 35 people killed in a V-2 rocket attack on Southwark, London, on 22 January 1945.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1911–12[10]	Southern League First Division	31	0	5	0	36	0
	1912–13[10]		30	1	2	0	32	1
	1913–14[10]	Southern League Second Division	30	0	3	0	33	0
	1914–15[10]		15	0	3	0	18	0
	Total		106	1	13	0	119	1
Manchester United	1914–15[8]	First Division	12	0	—		12	0
	1919–20[8]		1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		13	0	0	0	13	0
Brentford	1920–21[10]	Third Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		110	1	13	0	123	1
Career total			123	1	13	0	136	1

References

На других языках

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- [en] Walter Spratt

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[ru] Спрэтт, Уолтер

Уо́лтер Спрэтт (англ. Walter Spratt; 14 апреля 1889[1] — 22 января 1945) — английский футболист, защитник[2]. Уроженец Бирмингема, начал карьеру в клубе «Ротерем Таун», затем выступал за «Брентфорд» и «Манчестер Юнайтед»[3].

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