| Walker Leach | |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1888 |
| Birth Place: | Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Tennessee, U.S. |
| School: | Tennessee Volunteers |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Currentposition: | Halfback/End |
| Pastschools: | Tennessee (1905 - 1908) |
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John Walker Leach (July 22, 1888 – January 2, 1944) was a college football player.
He was a prominent, halfback, end and kicker for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. At Tennessee, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was once appointed alumni member of the Tennessee Athletic Council.[1] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[2]
Leach played at end in 1907.
Leach was captain of the school's 1908 team which was widely considered the best Tennessee football season up to that point.[3] That year Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin noted "All things considered, Leach was perhaps the best football player of the year in Dixie."[4] The team included College Football Hall of Fame guard Nathan Dougherty.