Walter Rogers Tranter was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 association football player.

Born in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

, Tranter played as a left-back for Thames Ironworks

Thames Ironworks F.C.

Thames Ironworks Football Club, the club that later became West Ham United, was founded by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd owner Arnold Hills and foreman Dave Taylor in 1895. Thames Ironworks took over the tenancy of The Old Castle Swifts' Hermit Road ground in Canning Town until their...

, the team that would later become West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

. The club handbook described him as a player that "rushes in where others feared to tread". He was a part of the team that won the London League

London League

The London League was a football competition that was held in the London and surrounding areas of south-east England from 1896 until 1964.In 1896 the president of the London League was Arnold Hills founder of Thames Ironworks F.C. . One of the men who helped draft the rules of the competition was...

 during the 1897-98

1897-98 in English football

The 1897–98 season was the 27th season of competitive football in England.-Honours:Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour...

 season, and captained the side to the Southern League Second Division

Southern Football League

The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

 championship in 1898-99

1898-99 in English football

The 1898–99 season was the 28th season of competitive football in England.-Events:This was the first season in which automatic promotion/relegation was introduced between the First and Second divisions. Both Divisions were expanded to 18 teams....

. He then left to play for Chatham

Chatham Town F.C.

Chatham Town are an English Association Football club based in Chatham, Kent. They currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League and are nicknamed "The Chats"....

, but returned to the newly renamed club, along with teammate Albert Kaye, for the 1900-01

1900-01 in English football

The 1900–01 season was the 30th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Stockport County played their first season in the football league. Blackpool also returned to the league, at the expenses of Loughborough and Luton Town.-Honours:...

 season. He played in the inaugural game for the new club, a 7-0 battering of Gravesend

Gravesend United F.C.

Gravesend United Football Club was a football club based in Gravesend, Kent.They were founder members of the Kent League in 1894-95 before moving to join the Southern League in 1896-97...

 on 1 September 1900, and made a further three Southern League appearances for West Ham that season. His last two games for the club were in the FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 Qualifying Round 4 against New Brompton, which went to a replay on 21 November 1900.

Walter Tranter's father was Isaac Rogers Tranter, who was the Captain of the Fire Brigade Company in Thornaby-on-Tees

Thornaby-on-Tees

Thornaby-on-Tees is a town and civil parish within the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the south bank of the River Tees, three miles southeast of Stockton-on-Tees, and four miles southwest of Middlesbrough town centre and has a...

. Walter married three times, having two children. One of his grandchildren is former Leeds United left-winger Michael O'Grady

Michael O'Grady

Michael "Mike" O'Grady is an English former professional footballer born in Leeds, who played two games for the England national team, scoring three goals....

. One of his great-grandchildren is Commonwealth Games Bronze medallist in swimming, Alyson Jones

Alyson Jones

Dr. Alyson Jones is a British GP and former swimming champion. She was born in Middlesbrough in North-East England and attended local schools. She began training as a competitive swimmer at local clubs such as Eston and Hartlepool, winning several titles in the Northumberland and Durham Swimming...

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