Dick Walker (Australian footballer)

Dick Walker (10 August 1872 – 3 December 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the Western Australian footballer, see Frank Walker (Australian rules footballer).

Dick Walker
Personal information
Full name Edward Slann Kishere
Date of birth (1872-08-10)10 August 1872
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Date of death 3 December 1947(1947-12-03) (aged 75)
Place of death Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Clarendon
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1893–96 Geelong (VFA) 25 0(5)
1898 Geelong 14 (10)
1899 Carlton 11 0(7)
Total 25 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

His real name was Edward Slann Kishere, but he played football under the name Dick Walker.[2]

Kishere died in a Geelong hospital on 3 December 1947.[3][4]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 858. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. "FOOTBALL MEMORIES". Geelong Advertiser. No. 24, 123. Victoria, Australia. 27 September 1924. p. 4.
  3. Deaths: Kishere, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 December 1947), p.13.
  4. "Edward Slann Kishere". Find a Grave.


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