James Walker (American football player)

James Walker

Minnesota Golden Gophers
Position	Tackle
Class	Graduate
Career history
College	Minnesota
High school	Los Angeles
Personal information
Date of birth	March 22, 1890
Date of death
Career highlights and awards
All-American (1910)

James Cloudsley Walker, Jr. (March 22, 1890 – September 1, 1973) was an American football player. He played college football at the tackle position for the University of Minnesota. He was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp in 1910. He was also selected by E.C. Patterson of Collier's as an All-Western player in 1910.

Walker attended Los Angeles High School. From there, he enrolled in medical study at Minnesota and played football for the Golden Gophers for two years. He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1914. He was an intern at Park View Hospital in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and at Minneapolis City Hospital. In 1915, he became a fellow in orthopedic surgery at Minnesota's Mayo Foundation. He later practiced as an orthopedic surgeon in Dayton, Ohio, serving for a time as the chief of the orthopedic staff at Dayton's Miami Valley Hospital.

External links

• James Walker at Find a Grave