| Walter Sidebottom | |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Hunslet, England |
| Death Place: | , English Channel |
| Position: | Winger |
| Years1: | 1938–1941 |
| Clubs1: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
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.
Sidebottom served as an able seaman in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.[1] Posted aboard, 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.[2] Sidebottom is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
| Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 1938–39 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||