Edgar John Walker (14 November 1908 – 2 February 1980) was an Australian rules footballer 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,Six Sprinters at Essendon, The Age, (Monday,18 April 1932), p.12.Football: League Permits, The Argus, (Saturday, 30 April 1932), p.29. he played in the last seven games of the First XVIII's 1932 home-and-away season,Maplestone (1996), p.473. in all but one of the eighteen games of the 1933 home-and-away season.Maplestone (1996), p.474. and in two of the first four games of the 1934 home-and-away season,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. 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,League Permits, The Age, (Thursday, 28 July n1934), p.5. 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.
Notes
References Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
Walker, John E. (sic), The VFA Project.