Paul Walker (American football) explained

Paul Walker
Position:End / Defensive back
Birth Date:9 July 1925
Birth Place:Springfield, Missouri, U.S.
Death Place:West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:210
High School:Oak Park (IL)
College:Yale
Draftyear:1945
Draftround:10
Draftpick:95
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Pfr:W/WalkPa20

Paul Frederick Walker (July 9, 1925 – October 20, 1972) was an American gridiron football player who played college football at Yale and one season in the National Football League (NFL).

Biography

Walker was born in 1925 in Springfield, Missouri. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois. He then attended Yale College, where he played for the Yale Bulldogs football team, and was a consensus selection to the 1944 College Football All-America Team.[1] [2] He served as team captain of the 1945 Bulldogs.[3]

Walker was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the tenth round of the 1945 NFL draft. He played one season in the NFL, as a member of the 1948 New York Giants.

Walker died in 1972 in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PAUL WALKER . profootballarchives.com . 19 August 2014 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140820211554/http://www.profootballarchives.com/walk06800.html . 20 August 2014 .
  2. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 6. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf. dead.
  3. Year By Year Scores: 1945 . Yale Football Media Guide . 69 . 1964 . November 26, 2024 . Internet Archive.