Education
He graduated from Howard College in Birmingham in 1922, and later became the head football coach at an Alabama high school from 1922 through 1925.
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He graduated from Howard College in Birmingham in 1922, and later became the head football coach at an Alabama high school from 1922 through 1925.
Walker served as the head football coach at Atlantic Christian College—now Barton College—in 1926, at Elon University from 1927 to 1936, and at Wake Forest University from 1937 to 1950, compiling a career college football record of 127–93–10. At Elon, Walker was also the head basketball coach (1927–1937) and the head baseball coach (1928–1937). In 1952 Walker moved to the Canadian League (Canadian Football League) to become the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes.
He remained with the team until 1959, tallying a mark of 59–48–1 in eight seasons.
Walker also played minor league baseball with a number of clubs between 1921 and 1932. He managed the Snow Hill Billies of the Coastal Plain League from 1937 to 1939.
Walker was born on February 17, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama. Walker played minor league baseball in parts of eleven seasons spanning 1921 to 1932.
Primarily a shortstop, he also played at second base and third base.
He posted a career.300 batting average and 30 home runs in 1078 games. Notably, he batted over.320 four times, with a career-high of.338 in 1928 with the York White Roses. From 1937 to 1939 he managed the Snow Hill Billies of the Class Doctorate Coastal Plain League, leading them to the playoffs twice and to one league championship.
Walker"s coaching career began in 1926 at Atlantic Christian College, today known as Barton College, in Wilson, North Carolina, where he also played professional baseball for the Wilson Bugs of the Virginia League.
He also had success with the Atlantic Christian basketball and baseball teams. Next, in 1927, Walker accepted the position of head coach of all three major teams at Elon College (now Elon University) near Burlington, North Carolina.
He coached at Elon for ten seasons, earning a 44–41–4 record and winning four North State Conference championships. Walker coached at Wake Forest University from 1937 to 1950.
He is tied with Jim Grobe as the program"s winningest head coach.
After one year at Yale, he replaced the retiring Lew Hayman as the second head coach of the Canadian League"s Montreal Alouettes. After his retirement he became a scout for the New York Giants. He was elected into the Wake Forest Athletics Hall of Fame after his death in 1970.
Walker died of a stroke on July 16, 1970 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the age of 71.