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Walter Scott was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Grimsby Town, Sunderland and Everton. He notably became the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a single match, for Grimsby Town versus Burnley in a Second Division fixture in 1909. He saved 14 of 17 penalties during the 1908–09 season. He represented the Irish League XI.
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