He died on 28 July 2006 at the age of 85 and his ashes were interred at the Garden of Remembrance at the City of Manchester Stadium.
During the war, he worked as a miner and made 227 wartime league appearances for City, scoring 8 goals.
As well as playing for City, Walsh also made guest appearances for Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Manchester United.
Walsh made his senior debut for Manchester City in the Third Round of the 1945–46 FA Cup against Barrow on 5 January 1946.
[citation needed] Over the next three seasons, he established himself as a regular in the side and went on to make 118 competitive appearances, mainly as a right-half, although he would also play at left-half.
He stayed with Canterbury until February 1954 when he was appointed manager of Grimsby Town, where he succeeded Bill Shankly.
Austria Wien had previously put fourteen goals past the New Zealand national team in earlier games.
[9] Walsh would also later play one unofficial game for New Zealand against a visiting English FA XI at the age of 40.
[4][10] When Walsh began his international career in 1944 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations.
This team was basically a Great Britain XI and featured, among others, Matt Busby, Stanley Matthews, Tommy Lawton and Stan Mortensen.