Jimmy Walker (basketball coach)
| Sport(s) | Basketball, football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1913 Anniston, Alabama |
| Died | December 22, 1943 (aged 30) Brazil |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1936–1937 | El Dorado HS |
| 1937–1938 | VMI (asst.) |
| 1938–1942 | VMI |
| Football | |
| 1936 | El Dorado HS |
| 1937–1941 | VMI (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–39 (basketball) |
James Edwin Walker (1913 – December 22, 1943) was an American football and basketball coach. Walker played both basketball and football for the University of Alabama before he took his first coaching job upon graduation at El Dorado High School. After only one year at El Dorado, Walker went on to serve as head basketball and as an assistant football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). During his tenure as head coach of the Keydets, Walker compiled an overall record of 27–39. In 1942, Walker resigned his coaching positions and joined the United States Navy. Walker died at the age of 30 in Brazil on December 22, 1943, as a result of injuries sustained as part of his military service.
Walker was born in 1913 in Anniston, Alabama. In 1925, he moved with his family to Holt where he became a star athlete at Holt High School. After high school, Walker enrolled at the University of Alabama where he would play on both the basketball and football teams. As a member of the football team, he was a substitute on the 1934 squad that won both the Rose Bowl and national championship. In his senior season, Walker was selected as captain of the 1935 squad. As a member of the basketball team, Walker played forward and was named All-SEC for both the 1933–34 and 1934–35 seasons and as Kellogg All America in 1934–35. He was also named captain of the 1934–35 squad.
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