Walter McMurray Galbraith was a Scottish football player and manager.
12 Facts About Walter Galbraith
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Walter Galbraith played as a defender for Queen's Park, Clyde, New Brighton and Grimsby Town.
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Walter Galbraith then managed Accrington Stanley, Bradford Park Avenue, New Brighton, Tranmere Rovers, Hibernian, Stockport County and Berwick Rangers.
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Walter Galbraith played for Clyde for two seasons before moving to Merseyside club New Brighton, for which he made over 100 league appearances in three seasons.
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Walter Galbraith then moved to Grimsby Town, where he stayed for two seasons.
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Walter Galbraith once selected a team of eleven Scots for Accrington in a Football League match, and fans joked that players wouldn't be selected unless they were Scottish.
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Walter Galbraith resigned in August 1958 after the club's directors advised him that they would be cutting his budget for players.
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Walter Galbraith had stints as manager of Bradford Park Avenue and New Brighton.
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Walter Galbraith was the next choice for Hibs, who had signed Gerry Baker from Manchester City while the club did not have a manager.
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Hibs just avoided relegation in both seasons that Walter Galbraith managed the club, but he introduced Pat Stanton into the team and signed players such as Neil Martin, Pat Quinn, John Parke and Willie Hamilton.
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Walter Galbraith was unsuccessful as Hibs manager, but the relative success of his successors was due to the players mentioned above.
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Walter Galbraith died in November 1995, at the age of 77.