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| Born | October 14, 1939 Petoskey, Michigan |
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| Year(s) | 1961–1965 | ||
| AFL Draft | 1961 / Round: 23 / Pick: 181 (By the New York Titans) |
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| College | Michigan State | ||
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| Games played | 52 | ||
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George Mickey Walker[1] (born October 14, 1939 in Petoskey, Michigan[2]) is a former American football offensive lineman and linebacker in the National Football League. He played five seasons for the New York Giants (1961–1965) getting to the championship game and losing twice. Walker ended his career after getting injured in the pre-season for the Detroit Lions.
Walker attended East Detroit High School in Eastpointe, Michigan. While there he played football on a team that included Gary Ballman and Ron Kramer. He is famous for a play where an opposing team's player broke his nose and he returned into the game the next play and broke that player's leg. Walker is in the hall of fame at East Detroit High School for being an all state wrestler as well. Walker played college football for Michigan State University where he is in the hall of fame for football.
After professional football, Walker went on to be a physical education teacher at Anchor Bay Elementary School in New Baltimore, Michigan in the 1980s and 1990s.