title: Walter Sidebottom
text: # Walter Sidebottom
  
  Walter Sidebottom (1 February 1921 – 23 October 1943) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Sidebottom served as an able seaman in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Posted aboard HMS Charybdis, he was killed in action when the ship was sunk by German torpedo-boat destroyers at the Battle of Sept-Îles on 23 October 1943. Sidebottom is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
  Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
  
  | Club | Season | Division | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Bolton Wanderers | 1938–39 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Career total | Career total | Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  