Walter D. Freeman was an English

England

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 professional football

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er who played as an inside-forward

Striker

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With Fulham

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, he won the Southern League

Southern Football League

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 championship in 1906–07

1906-07 in English football

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, which resulted in their election to the Second Division

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, and scored their first ever goal in the Football League

The Football League

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, the only goal of the game at Derby County

Derby County F.C.

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He was Birmingham

Birmingham City F.C.

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's top scorer in 1909–10

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 season with 10 goals.

His brother, Bert Freeman

Bert Freeman

Bertram Clewley Freeman was an English footballer who was one of the most prolific goal-scorers of his time, playing at centre forward for Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough...

, was an England

England national football team

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 international, and a prolific goalscorer for Woolwich Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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, Everton

Everton F.C.

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, Burnley

Burnley F.C.

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 and Wigan Borough

Wigan Borough F.C.

Wigan Borough Football Club was an English football club from the town of Wigan, Lancashire. It was a fourth attempt at establishing football in Wigan, their forerunners Wigan County, Wigan United and Wigan Town all having fallen into liquidation previously....

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