Johnny Walker (Australian footballer)

Edgar John Walker (14 November 1908 – 2 February 1980) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the Collingwood footballer, see John Walker (Australian footballer).
Johnny Walker
Personal information
Full name Edgar John Walker
Date of birth (1908-11-14)14 November 1908
Place of birth Stawell, Victoria
Date of death 2 February 1980(1980-02-02) (aged 71)
Place of death Surrey Hills, Victoria
Original team(s) Stawell
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) half-back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1932–1934 Essendon 27 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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,[2][3] he played in the last seven games of the First XVIII's 1932 home-and-away season,[4] in all but one of the eighteen games of the 1933 home-and-away season.[5] and in two of the first four games of the 1934 home-and-away season,[6] In his last senior match, against Hawthorn, at Windy Hill, on 26 May 1934, selected at centre half-forward, he failed to score.

Camberwell (VFA)

Cleared from Essendon to Camberwell in June 1934,[7] 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.[8]

Death

He died at his Surrey Hills residence (after a short illness) on 2 February 1980.[9]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 915. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. Six Sprinters at Essendon, The Age, (Monday,18 April 1932), p.12.
  3. Football: League Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 April 1932), p.29.
  4. Maplestone (1996), p.473.
  5. Maplestone (1996), p.474.
  6. Maplestone (1996), p.475: he was selected as a reserve in two of the four matches, but only took the field as a substitute in one, in his last match he was part of the eighteen that took the field.
  7. League Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 28 July n1934), p.5.
  8. "World War II Roll: WALKER, Edgar John (VX124314)". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  9. Deaths: Walker, The Age, (Monday, 4 February 1980), p.22.

References
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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