Dick Walker (Australian footballer)
| Dick Walker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edward Slann Kishere | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 3 December 1947 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Clarendon | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1893–96 | Geelong (VFA) | 25 (5) | |
| 1898 | Geelong | 14 (10) | |
| 1899 | Carlton | 11 (7) | |
| Total | 25 (17) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1899. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Dick Walker (10 August 1872 – 3 December 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
His real name was Edward Slann Kishere, but he played football under the name Dick Walker.[2]
Kishere died in a Geelong hospital on 3 December 1947.[3][4]
Notes[]
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 858. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ "FOOTBALL MEMORIES". Geelong Advertiser (24, 123). Victoria, Australia. 27 September 1924. p. 4.
- ^ Deaths: Kishere, The Argus, (Thursday, 4 December 1947), p.13.
- ^ "Edward Slann Kishere". Find a Grave.
External links[]
- Dick Walker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Dick Walker at AustralianFootball.com
- Dick Walker's profile at Blueseum
 | This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
Categories:
- 1872 births
- 1947 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Geelong Football Club (VFA) players
- Geelong Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club players
- Australian rules biography, 1870s birth stubs