The Other Rooney

Born in Liverpool on 31 March 1902, the day upon which, courtesy of a lone
Jack Sharp strike, Everton defeated Nottingham Forest 1:0 at Goodison Park
before a crowd estimated at 20,000, right-half Walter Rooney joined Everton
some time in 1924, debuting for the club in, coincidence of coincidences, a
3:1 Goodison Park triumph over Nottingham Forest on 28 February 1925.

During his five-year stint on Everton’s books he remained very much on the
fringes of the first team, mustering a grand total of just fourteen First
Division and four FA Cup appearances for the Toffeemen, of which Everton
won six, lost nine and drew three, prior to joining Wrexham in late 1929.



His sole claim to Everton fame is that he appeared in the same Everton side
in which Dixie Dean graced the club’s colours for the first time in a 3:1
reverse at Arsenal on 21 March 1925.


Walter Rooney died in January 1963 aged sixty.


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