Val Joe Walker (January 7, 1930 –December 25, 2013) was a defensive back in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). He was drafted in the seventh round of the

1952 NFL Draft The 1952 National Football League Draft was held on January 17, 1952, at Hotel Statler in New York. Selections made by New York Yanks were assigned to the new Dallas Texans. This was the sixth year that the first overall pick was a bonus pick d ...

by the New York Giants and would later play four seasons with the Green Bay Packers and one with the

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Players of American football from Texas Green Bay Packers players San Francisco 49ers players American football defensive backs SMU Mustangs football players 1930 births 2013 deaths Lamar High School (Arlington, Texas) alumni People from Tahoka, Texas {{defensiveback-1930s-stub