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Paul Walker (American football)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born: | July 9, 1925 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died: | October 20, 1972 (aged 47) West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Oak Park (IL) |
| College: | Yale |
| Position: | End / Defensive back |
| NFL draft: | 1945 / round: 10 / pick: 95 |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
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
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "PAUL WALKER". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1945". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 69. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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