Johnny Walker (Australian footballer)
| Johnny Walker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
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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]
Family
[edit]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.
Football
[edit]Essendon (VFL)
[edit]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.
Camberwell (VFA)
[edit]Cleared from Essendon to Camberwell in June 1934,[7] he played in 67 matches and kicked 6 goals over 5 seasons (1934 to 1938).
Military service
[edit]Walker later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[8]
Death
[edit]He died at his Surrey Hills residence (after a short illness) on 2 February 1980.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 915. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Six Sprinters at Essendon, The Age, (Monday,18 April 1932), p.12.
- ^ Football: League Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 April 1932), p.29.
- ^ Maplestone (1996), p.473.
- ^ Maplestone (1996), p.474.
- ^ Maplestone (1996), p.475: he was selected as a reserve in two of the four matches, but only took the field as a substitute in one, in his last match he was part of the eighteen that took the field.
- ^ League Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 28 July n1934), p.5.
- ^ "World War II Roll: WALKER, Edgar John (VX124314)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- ^ Deaths: Walker, The Age, (Monday, 4 February 1980), p.22.
References
[edit]- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
External links
[edit]- Johnny Walker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Johnny Walker at AustralianFootball.com
- Walker, John E. (sic), The VFA Project.
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