Michael Walter (American football)
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||
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| Date of birth: | November 30, 1960 | ||
| Place of birth: | Salem, Oregon | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Sheldon (Eugene, Oregon) | ||
| College: | Oregon | ||
| NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50 | ||
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Michael David Walter (born November 30, 1960) is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League for eleven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Oregon.
Walter attended Sheldon High School (Eugene, Oregon), where he focused on basketball, playing just one year of football. He attended the University of Oregon where he was used as a linebacker, before being moved to defensive end as a sophomore. As a senior, he was the team captain for the 1982 season and also played in the east East–West Shrine Game.
Walter was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round (50th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft, with the intention of converting him to an outside linebacker. In his new position he struggled covering the pass, so he wasn't used often. The next year he was waived at the end of training camp, after the Cowboys drafted four linebackers in the 1984 NFL Draft.
On August 28, 1984, he was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco 49ers who moved him to inside linebacker, as the backup of Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds.
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