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Wade Walker
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.
==College career==
Walker was born in Mocksville, North Carolina,〔Harold Keith, (''47 Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma'' ), p. 22, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8061-3569-7.〕 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.〔''(Football Feuds: The Greatest College Football Rivalries )'', p. 70, Globe Pequot, 2007, ISBN 1-59921-014-2.〕 Walker was part of the 1946 recruiting class—brought to Norman by one-year head coach Jim Tatum—that included nine future All-Americans.〔(The Forgotten Man of Oklahoma Football: Jim Tatum ), ''Sooner Magazine'', University of Oklahoma Foundation, Spring 2008.〕 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.〔Keith, p. 29.〕 In 1948, the International News Service named Walker as the right tackle on its All-Midlands team.〔(Oklahoma Places Six on All-Midlands Team ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', November 27, 1948.〕
In 1949, Walker was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association (as a guard), Football Writers Association of America, and Newspaper Enterprise Association.〔''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', p. 1214, Hyperion: ESPN Books, 2005, ISBN 1-4013-3703-1.〕 He is one of just three Sooners to have been named an all-conference player each of his four years.〔(All-American: Wade Walker ), Oklahoma University, retrieved June 17, 2009.〕 In ''47 Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma'', author Harold Keith describes Walker as a "finesse player" who eschewed hip pads and wore low-top backfield shoes to reduce the weight of his equipment. Teammate and fellow All-American Stan West said of Walker:〔"I had the reputation of being the laziest man of all in our calisthenics drills, but I was chain lightning compared to him. 'Lord,' Wade used to say, 'you get warm enough out here anyhow.'"
In the 1947 NFL Draft, Walker was selected in the 22nd round as the 201st overall pick by the Chicago Cardinals.〔(1947 Chicago Cardinals Draftees ), Pro Football Reference, retrieved June 17, 2009.〕
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