Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott OBE KA GCM was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a period of 18 months from August 1924 to January 1926; all made their Test cricket debut against England in 1948. In the mid-1950s, Walcott was arguably the best batsman in the world. He was the manager of the West Indian squads which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup. In later life, he had an active career as a cricket administrator, and was the first non-English and non-white chairman of the International Cricket Council.
Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926)
On August 26, in the year 2006, Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer and coach (born 1926). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of August 26, a notable event in this corner of history.
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- This event took place on August 26, 2006 (AD era).
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- Wikipedia source last updated on 25 July 2026.
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