Walter Stanley Cookson (6 September 1879 – March 1948) was an English professional footballer.

He played for Nelson, Bristol City, Blackpool, Wellingborough, Brentford and Portsmouth.

After spells with Wellingborough, Brentford and Portsmouth,[2] Cookson returned to Blackpool in 1907.

He retired from playing at the end of the 1907–08 campaign, although he remained at Blackpool to help coach the youngsters.

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1870s, is a stub.