Jimmy Walker (basketball coach)
(1913-1943)
American football and basketball coach
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James Edwin Walker (April 9, 1913 – December 22, 1943) was an American football and basketball coach. Walker played both basketball and football for the University of Alabama before he took his first coaching job upon graduation at El Dorado High School. After only one year at El Dorado, Walker went on to serve as head basketball and as an assistant football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). During his tenure as head coach of the Keydets, Walker compiled an overall record of 27–39. In 1942, Walker resigned his coaching positions and joined the United States Navy. Walker died at the age of 30 in Brazil on December 22, 1943, as a result of injuries sustained as part of his military service.
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James Edwin Walker 9 April 1913 Anniston, Alabama USA
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22 December 1943 (aged 30) Brazil
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