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Art Walker (aviator)
Art Walker may refer to: * Art Walker (gridiron football) Arthur D. Walker, Jr. (November 24, 1933 – May 26, 1973) was an American football player. He was an All-American at the University of Michigan in 1954 and played seven seasons of professional football with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian ... (1933–1973), American gridiron football player * Art Walker (triple jumper) (born 1941), American triple jumper See also * Arthur Walker (other) {{hndis, Walker, Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Walker (gridiron Football)
Arthur D. Walker, Jr. (November 24, 1933 – May 26, 1973) was an American football player. He was an All-American at the University of Michigan in 1954 and played seven seasons of professional football with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League from 1955-1961. Early years Walker, an African-American who grew up four miles east of South Haven, Michigan, attended South Haven High School where he was an All-Big Seven Conference tackle and president of the student council. He was also a catcher on a local baseball team. University of Michigan After graduating from high school in 1951, Walker was awarded an Elmer Gedeon scholarship to the University of Michigan. The Gedeon scholarships, created in memory of a multi-sport student athlete who was killed in World War II, were awarded on the basis of "moral character, good citizenship, scholastic ability, and achievement, promise of leadership and success, and physical ability." Walker played left tackle at Michigan fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Walker (triple Jumper)
Arthur Franklin Walker (born 9 September 1941) is a retired American triple jumper, who participated at the Olympic Games in Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972. He was the best American triple jumper in the end of the 1960s, won four consecutive Mt. San Antonio College titles (from 1965 to 1968), three national titles (1965, 1966, and 1968), and one indoor national title in 1967. He took part at the 1965 Summer Universiade in Budapest, ending at 5th place. Art Walker improved for three times the US record of triple jump, increasing it by more than one foot compared to the previous record. After winning three national championships, he lost by a whisker the bronze medal in the exciting triple jump event at 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where despite a jump of - up to two days before the world record stood to - he ended only at the fourth place, behind the Italian jumper Giuseppe Gentile. He took part also at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |