Career
Born in Huntly, New Zealand, Walker grew up in the wheatbelt town of Narembeen.
Walker was an outstanding rover, tough and quick with great evasive skills, who played his whole career with Swan Districts. Playing in the grand final in his first season in 1961, he kicked 5.5, including the winning goal. He went on to play in winning grand finals in the next two seasons. He is the only player to have won four Sandover Medals, although his 1970 medal was awarded retrospectively by the WAFL in 1997, which had previously been lost on countback to Pat Dalton.
Walker served on Swan Districts' Board of Directors from 1978–83, and was appointed president of the club in 1983, a role in which he served until 1995. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1982 and life membership of the WAFL in 1985. In 1996 Walker was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and in 2004 he was awarded Legend Status in the West Australian Football Hall of Fame. His son, Greg Walker, played 139 games for Swan Districts, winning the 1990 Simpson Medal.
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