Edgar John Walker (14 November 1908 – 2 February 1980) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Essendon in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
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, he played in the last seven games of the First XVIII's 1932 home-and-away season, in all but one of the eighteen games of the 1933 home-and-away season. and in two of the first four games of the 1934 home-and-away season, In his last senior match, against Hawthorn, at
Windy Hill Windy Hill may refer to:
Places
* Windy Hill, Essendon, an Australian rules football ground in the Melbourne area
* Windy Hill Wind Farm, a wind power station near Ravenshoe, Queensland, Australia
* Windy Hill (Pennines), a hill on the Pennines w ...
, on 26 May 1934, selected at centre half-forward, he failed to score.
Camberwell (VFA)
Cleared from Essendon to Camberwell in June 1934, 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.
Death
He died at his Surrey Hills residence (after a short illness) on 2 February 1980.
Deaths: Walker, ''The Age'', (Monday, 4 February 1980), p.22.
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Notes
References
* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
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Walker, John E. (sic)
''The VFA Project''.
1908 births
1980 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Stawell Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
Camberwell Football Club players
Australian Army personnel of World War II
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