Walker, Doak

Walker, Doak
▪ 1999

      American football player who won the 1948 Heisman Trophy, played for the Detroit Lions for six seasons, during which the team won two National Football League championships (1952 and '53), was picked for five Pro Bowl teams, was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959, and was selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986; from 1990 the Doak Walker Award for the top college running back was given annually in his honour (b. Jan. 1, 1927, Dallas, Texas—d. Sept. 27, 1998, Steamboat Springs, Colo.).

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