Johnny Walker (Australian footballer)

For the Collingwood footballer, see John Walker (Australian footballer).

Johnny Walker
Personal information
Full name Edgar John Walker
Date of birth (1908-11-14)14 November 1908
Place of birth Stawell, Victoria
Date of death 2 February 1980(1980-02-02) (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]

Family

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

Essendon (VFL)

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)

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

Walker later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[8]

Death

He died at his Surrey Hills residence (after a short illness) on 2 February 1980.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Six Sprinters at Essendon, The Age, (Monday,18 April 1932), p.12.
  3. ^ Football: League Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 April 1932), p.29.
  4. ^ Maplestone (1996), p.473.
  5. ^ Maplestone (1996), p.474.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ League Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 28 July n1934), p.5.
  8. ^ "World War II Roll: WALKER, Edgar John (VX124314)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  9. ^ Deaths: Walker, The Age, (Monday, 4 February 1980), p.22.

References

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8


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