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Bill Walker (American football)
William "Bill" Walker is an American former football and baseball player. He attended the University of Maryland, College Park where he played college football as an end and baseball as an outfielder.〔(History/Records ), ''2009 Maryland Baseball Media Guide'', University of Maryland, p. 26, 2009.〕 Wire services twice named Walker to All-America football second teams and he was also selected to an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team three years. Walker was named to the All-ACC baseball team once as well. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the eighth round of the 1955 NFL Draft, but instead signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.
==Early life and college==
A native of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania,〔(District Boys at Maryland on 1st Squad ), ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', September 4, 1953.〕 Walker attended Munhall High School, where he played interscholastic football as an end.〔(''Football Legends of Pennsylvania'' ), p. 159, 2001, ISBN 0-9713425-0-4.〕 He then went on to college at the University of Maryland where he played on the varsity football team as an end from 1953 to 1955. During this time, the team was coached by Jim Tatum, who was the school's most successful coach of the modern era. In 1953, the Terrapins won the national championship, and Walker was named to the All-ACC second team.〔 He was named "lineman of the week" for his performance in the 21–0 victory over Alabama that season.〔(TERPS TO OPEN FALL PRACTICE; 68 Candidates Report For Grid Drills Wednesday ), ''The Sun'', August 29, 1954.〕
In 1954, Walker led the team in receiving with 13 receptions for 209 yards.〔(Year-By-Year Results ) (PDF), ''2007 Terrapin Football Record Book'', p. 37, University of Maryland, 2007.〕 That year, he was named to the Associated Press All-America second team and the All-ACC first team.〔〔(ACC All-Americans ) (PDF), ''2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Media Guide'', Atlantic Coast Conference, 2007.〕 In 1955, he was a "key man on the undefeated Maryland team,"〔(Harvard Player Booster For All-American Squad ), ''Kentucky New Era'', November 12, 1955.〕 and was named to the United Press All-America second team and the United Press All-ACC first team. The Atlantic Coast Sportswriters named him to the All-ACC second team.〔(ACC Honors ), University of Maryland, retrieved July 17, 2009.〕 During his college career, Walker set the school career punting average at 41.8 yards per punt. That mark stood for 45 years until broken by Brooks Barnard in 2006.〔(Football: Barnard Earns All-America Honors ), University of Maryland, December 6, 2000, retrieved July 17, 2009.〕 At Maryland, Walker also played on the baseball team as an outfielder. He was named to the All-ACC team in 1955. In 1956, he received the Bosey Berger Award for the team's most outstanding senior player.〔
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