Speedy Walker

Speedy Walker
Florida Gators
Position Halfback
Career history
College Florida (19261927)
High school Hillsborough
Personal information
Date of birth (1906-12-12)December 12, 1906
Date of death March 1, 2004(2004-03-01) (aged 97)
Place of death Mobile, Alabama
Weight 133 lb (60 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Ion Sessions "Speedy" Walker (December 12, 1906 March 1, 2004) was a college football and basketball player. A native of Tampa, Walker attended Hillsborough High School with Dutch Stanley. He was a prominent triple threat halfback for coach Tom Sebring's Florida Gators football teams in 1926 and 1927.[1] The smallest member of the backfield,[2] Walker played as a quarterback in 1924 on the freshman team.[3][4][5] He backed up Goof Bowyer at quarterback on the varsity.[6] He was also the senior captain of the basketball team during the 1927–28 season.[7][8][9] He was a forward on the basketball team.[10]

References

  1. http://floridagators.com/news/2006/9/21/10914.aspx
  2. "6 Gators Will Close Careers At University". St. Petersburg Times. November 30, 1927.
  3. "Baby 'Gators Hand Southern Beating". Miami Tribune. October 25, 1924. p. 5. Retrieved January 29, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Virgil M. Newton (October 16, 1924). "'Gator Sport Gossip". Miami Tribune. p. 7. Retrieved January 29, 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Dillon Graham, Jr. (September 26, 1925). "Information About Gators". The Evening Independent.
  6. "Gator Working For Big Game". St. Petersburg Times. November 3, 1927.
  7. http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Games/19270103Florida.html
  8. http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/SC/1928.html
  9. Florida Football 2014 Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida (2014).
  10. "Florida Cage Prospects Not Bright At This Time". November 23, 1927.

Speedy Walker at Find a Grave

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