| Johnny Walker | |
| Fullname: | Edgar John Walker |
| Birth Date: | 14 November 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Stawell, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Surrey Hills, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Stawell |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 79 kg |
| Position: | half-back flank |
| Statsend: | 1934 |
| Years1: | 1932–1934 |
| Games Goals1: | 27 (7) |
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]
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.
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.
Cleared from Essendon to Camberwell in June 1934,[7] he played in 67 matches and kicked 6 goals over 5 seasons (1934 to 1938).
Walker later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[8]
He died at his Surrey Hills residence (after a short illness) on 2 February 1980.[9]