Paul Walker (American football)
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born: | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | July 9, 1925
Died: | October 20, 1972 West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 47)
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 football player who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the tenth round of the 1945 NFL draft. Walker played college football at Yale University and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois. He was a consensus All-American in 1944.[1][2]
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.
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Categories:
- 1925 births
- 1972 deaths
- Players of American football from Missouri
- American football ends
- American football defensive backs
- Yale Bulldogs football players
- New York Giants players
- All-American college football players
- Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive back, 1920s birth stubs