Ray Walker (Australian rules footballer) explained

Ray Walker
Birth Date:18 December 1941
Originalteam:Braybrook (FDFL)
Height:175 cm
Weight:79 kg
Position:Back pocket
Club1:Footscray
Years1:1959–1965
Games Goals1:73 (1)
Club2:Burnie
Years2:1965–1968
Club3:Penguin
Years3:1969–1970
Statsend:1970
Careerhighlights:

1963

  • Victorian state representative: 1960, 1963
  • Burnie premiership captain-coach: 1966
  • Tasmanian representative at the 1966 Hobart Carnival
  • Lefroy Medalist, Tasmania v Victoria 1967
  • Western Bulldogs (Footscray) life member

Ray Walker (born 18 December 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Walker played with Footscray as a back pocket. He was an excellent mark with a good football brain.

Walker played 72 games for Footscray (1959–65), won the Walker won Footscray's 1963 best and fairest award and was selected to represent Victoria.

In 1966 Walker moved to Tasmania to pursue coaching. He was a premiership captain coach during his six years in Tasmania.

From 1972 to 1987 Walker worked as a commentator for Channel 9 and on ABC Radio.

His football credentials include five years (1981–85) as a VFL state selector and three years as chairman of selectors for the Footscray Football Club. Walker was awarded life membership of the club in 1999.

Walker is a current Bulldogs hall of fame selector.

Walker is the uncle of current AFL Women's (AFLW) player Lauren Arnell[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Historic women's match makes Lauren Arnell's football dream a reality. 22 January 2017. Western Bulldogs. Bigpond. 1 July 2013.