Wade Walker
Walker pictured in Reveille 1956, Mississippi State yearbook
|
|
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 29, 1923 Mocksville, North Carolina |
| Died | December 18, 2013 (aged 90) California |
| Playing career | |
| 1946–1949 | Oklahoma |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1950 | NC State (assistant) |
| 1951–1953 | Texas Tech (assistant) |
| 1954–1955 | Mississippi State (line) |
| 1956–1961 | Mississippi State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1959–1966 | Mississippi State |
| 1971–1986 | Oklahoma |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–32–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1949 | |
Wade Hampton Walker (November 29, 1923 – December 18, 2013) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football as a tackle at the University of Oklahoma under head coaches Jim Tatum and Bud Wilkinson. Walker was named an all-conference player all four years and a first-team All-American in 1949. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State for six seasons, from 1956 to 1961, and compiled a 22–32–2 record. He also served as the athletic director at Mississippi State and Oklahoma.
Walker was born in Mocksville, North Carolina, and attended college at the University of Oklahoma. He played for the Oklahoma Sooners football team as a tackle from 1946 to 1949, and he served as the team captain for two seasons. Walker was part of the 1946 recruiting class—brought to Norman by one-year head coach Jim Tatum—that included nine future All-Americans. In 1947, Tatum's former assistant Bud Wilkinson had taken over as head coach but by midseason the team was struggling with a 2–2 record. In an effort to evoke player leadership, he told the team to elect two co-captains to serve the remainder of the season, and they chose Walker and the previous season's honor captain, Jim Tyree. In 1948, the International News Service named Walker as the right tackle on its All-Midlands team.
...
Wikipedia