Walter Carlyle

Walter Carlyle

Personal information
Date of birth	23 May 1938
Place of birth	Grangemouth, Scotland
Date of death	31 December 2007(2007-12-31) (aged 69)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
	Kilsyth Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1959	Rangers	0	(0)
1959–1960	Shettleston
1960–1964	Dundee United	78	(39)
1964–1965	Motherwell	25	(7)
1965	St Johnstone	1	(0)
1966	Queen of the South	5	(6)
1966–1967	East Stirlingshire	25	(7)
1968–1969	Alloa Athletic	3	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Carlyle (23 May 1938, in Grangemouth – 2007) was a Scottish footballer who played as a right winger. Carlyle began his career in the late 1950s with Rangers but left without playing a first team match and moved to Junior side Shettleston. In 1960, Carlyle moved back to the senior game's top level with newly promoted Dundee United, netting 39 goals in 78 league appearances during his time at Tannadice. In 1964, Carlyle moved to Motherwell, where he stayed for around a year, before playing for St Johnstone and then the Queen of the South side of Allan Ball, Iain McChesney and Billy Collings. Carlyle ended his playing career with spells at East Stirlingshire and Alloa Athletic. He retired at the end of the 1960s.

Carlyle died in 2007.

External links

• Walter Carlyle at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database