One of the club's outstanding athletes of the twentieth century passed away on Friday 15th June 2007 aged 76 after a long battle with cancer.

Walter was an established International Athlete who was the first of only two athletes ever to win the Youths (1948), Junior (1950) and Senior (1952) English National Cross Country titles.

When winning the Senior title, Walter led the club to its best ever team placing of third.

Walter also held the British five and six mile records, the latter with a time of 29.13.8.