Dave Waller

Dave Harold Waller
Personal information
Date of birth	20 December 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Urmston, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1986	Crewe Alexandra
1986–1987	Shrewsbury Town
1987–1991	Chesterfield
1991–1992	Kettering Town
	Worksop Town
	Glapwell
1996–1998	Congleton Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Harold Waller (born 20 December 1963 in Urmston, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League, as a forward for clubs including Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Chesterfield.^[2]

Career

Waller signed a professional contract at Crewe in 1982. After scoring 55 goals in four season at Gresty Road, he was sold to Shrewsbury for £20,000 in 1986, but suffered an injury soon after, and was sold for £3,000 to Chesterfield, becoming the last player signed by John Duncan during his first spell in charge.^[3]

Waller scored 37 goals in his first two seasons at Chesterfield; in the 1988–89 season he equalled Jimmy Cookson's feat of scoring in eight successive League games.^[3] However, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury during the following season (his 16 league goals still made him the club's leading scorer),^[4] and eventually left the club, playing for non-league teams while running a stall on Chesterfield's market. He was player/manager at Glapwell in 1993, and retired from football at the end of the 1997–1998 season.^[3]

References

^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ "Dave Waller". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dave Waller". Sky is Blue: The Chesterfield football history resource. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.

External links

Dave Waller at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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[1] Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

[Hugman-2] "Dave Waller". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[Sky_is_Blue-3] "Dave Waller". Sky is Blue: The Chesterfield football history resource. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

[Rothmans9091-4] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-356-17911-7.

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