Regan Walker
Personal information
Full name Regan Craig Walker[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996
Place of birth Manchester, England[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Manchester City
Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Bury 3 (0)
2014 → Hyde (loan) 6 (0)
2014–2015 Hyde 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Regan Craig Walker (born 4 June 1996) is a former English footballer who played for Bury.

Career

Born in Manchester, Walker began his career with Bury having previously been at Manchester City's academy. He made his Football League debut on 2 November 2013 in a 3–1 defeat against Torquay United.[3][4]

On 27 March 2014, he joined Conference Premier club Hyde on loan until the end of the season.[5]

After leaving Bury at the end of the season he discovered a tumour on his leg and was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that forced him to retire from football.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers: 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Regan Walker at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Bury 1-3 Torquay". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bury 1 Torquay 3". Bury Times. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "One out, Three in on Transfer Deadline Day". Hyde FC. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Freeman, Jay (27 January 2022). "Regan Walker: Ex-Bury player on Ewing's Sarcoma recovery and becoming a fashion influencer". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2022.


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