Johnny Walker | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Edgar John Walker | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Stawell, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 2 February 1980 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Surrey Hills, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Stawell | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||
Position(s) | half-back flank | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1932–1934 | Essendon | 27 (7) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Edgar John Walker (14 November 1908 – 2 February 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Edgar Heal (1880-1943) and Alberta Amelia Walker (1888-1954), later Mrs. Francis Field Boothey, Edgar John Walker was born at Stawell, Victoria on 14 November 1908.
He married Alma Hannah Hall (1907-1993) in 1934. They had two children.
Cleared to Essendon from Stawell in April 1932,[2][3] he played in the last seven games of the First XVIII's 1932 home-and-away season,[4] in all but one of the eighteen games of the 1933 home-and-away season.[5] and in two of the first four games of the 1934 home-and-away season,[6] In his last senior match, against Hawthorn, at Windy Hill, on 26 May 1934, selected at centre half-forward, he failed to score.
Cleared from Essendon to Camberwell in June 1934,[7] he played in 67 matches and kicked 6 goals over 5 seasons (1934 to 1938).
Walker later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[8]
He died at his Surrey Hills residence (after a short illness) on 2 February 1980.[9]