Walter Spratt
Spratt in 1920.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Walter Spratt | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1889 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 22 January 1945 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Southwark, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | 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 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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 finishing his career with Elsecar Main.
Born in Birmingham, Spratt began his career at Midland League side Rotherham Town in 1910, joining from local side Meadow Hall. A year later, he signed for Southern League Division One side Brentford, making more than 100 appearances for the club and remaining at Griffin Park until early 1915.
In February 1915, Spratt joined Football League First Division side Manchester United. He initially joined on a month's trial after being released by Brentford (along with all their other professional players). 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. He made his Football League debut on 6 February, playing at right-back in a 1–0 defeat to Sunderland. He made a total of 12 appearances during the 1914–15 season. Due to the ongoing First World War, he did not make another competitive appearance for the Red Devils again until the 1919–20 season. During the war, he played for Manchester United in the wartime leagues, as well as making guest appearances for Clapton Orient. He was injured while playing for Clapton Orient and was not discharged from hospital until September 1919. 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.
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