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{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1884–1958)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Mysterious Walker
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=MysteriousWalker.png
|caption=Walker pictured, {{Circa|1908}}, coaching Utah State's football team
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1884|3|21}}
|birth_place=[[Utica, Nebraska]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|1958|2|1|1884|3|21}}
|death_place=[[Oak Park, Illinois]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate= June 28
|debutyear= 1910
|debutteam= Cincinnati Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear=1915
|finalteam= Brooklyn Tip-Tops
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=7–23
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=4.00
|stat3label=[[Strikeouts]]
|stat3value=143
|teams=
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] (1910)
* [[Cleveland Naps]] (1912)
* [[Brooklyn Superbas]]  (1913)
* [[Pittsburgh Rebels]] (1914)
* [[Brooklyn Tip-Tops]] (1915)
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| name = Mysterious Walker
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| birth_date = 
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| death_date = 
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| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1904–1906
| player_team2 = [[Chicago Maroons football|Chicago]]
| player_positions = [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] (football)<br>[[pitcher]] (baseball)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1907–1908
| coach_team2 = [[Utah State Aggies football|Utah Agricultural]]
| coach_years3 = 1908
| coach_team3 = [[Denver Pioneers football|Denver]] (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1909
| coach_team4 = [[Chicago Maroons football|Chicago]] (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1912–1913
| coach_team5 = [[Carnegie Mellon Tartans football|Carnegie Tech]] (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1914
| coach_team6 = [[Washington & Jefferson Presidents football|Washington & Jefferson]] (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 1916
| coach_team7 = Chicago (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 1917
| coach_team8 = [[Williams Ephs football|Williams]]
| coach_years9 = 1919
| coach_team9 = [[Farmingdale State College|New York Agricultural]]
| coach_years10 = 1921
| coach_team10 = [[DePauw Tigers football|DePauw]]
| coach_years11 = 1922
| coach_team11 = [[Michigan State Spartans football|Michigan Agricultural]] (backfield)
| coach_years12 = 1923
| coach_team12 = Michigan Agricultural (freshmen)
| coach_years13 = 1924–1925
| coach_team13 = [[Drury Panthers football|Drury]]
| coach_years14 = 1936–1939
| coach_team14 = [[Wheaton Thunder football|Wheaton (IL)]]
| coach_sport15 = Basketball
| coach_years16 = 1907–1908
| coach_team16 = [[Utah State Aggies men's basketball|Utah Agricultural]]
| coach_years17 = 1917–1918
| coach_team17 = [[Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball|Dartmouth]]
| coach_years18 = 1918–1919
| coach_team18 = [[Rhode Island Rams men's basketball|Rhode Island State]]
| coach_years19 = 1921–1922
| coach_team19 = [[DePauw Tigers men's basketball|DePauw]]
| coach_years20 = 1922–1924
| coach_team20 = [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan Agricultural]]
| coach_years21 = 1924–1926
| coach_team21 = [[Drury Panthers men's basketball|Drury]]
| coach_years22 = 1926–1927
| coach_team22 = [[Loyola Wolfpack men's basketball|Loyola (LA)]]
| coach_years23 = 1927–1931
| coach_team23 = [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]]
| coach_years24 = 1936–1940
| coach_team24 = [[Wheaton Thunder men's basketball|Wheaton (IL)]]
| coach_sport25 = Baseball
| coach_years26 = 1910
| coach_team26 = [[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss]]
| coach_years27 = 1911
| coach_team27 = [[Oregon State Beavers baseball|Oregon Agricultural]]
| coach_years28 = 1917
| coach_team28 = [[Chicago Maroons baseball|Chicago]] (assistant)
| coach_years29 = 1919
| coach_team29 = [[Rhode Island Rams baseball|Rhode Island State]]
| coach_years30 = 1920
| coach_team30 = [[Farmingdale State College|New York Agricultural]]
| coach_years31 = 1922
| coach_team31 = [[DePauw Tigers baseball|DePauw]]
| coach_years32 = 1923–1924
| coach_team32 = [[Michigan State Spartans baseball|Michigan Agricultural]]
| coach_years33 = 1937–1940
| coach_team33 = [[Wheaton Thunder baseball|Wheaton (IL)]]
| admin_years1 = 1907–1908
| admin_team1 = [[Utah State Aggies|Utah Agricultural]]
| admin_years2 = 1918–1919
| admin_team2 = [[Rhode Island Rams|Rhode Island State]]
| admin_years3 = 1919–1920
| admin_team3 = [[Farmingdale State College|New York Agricultural]]
| admin_years4 = 1921–1922
| admin_team4 = [[DePauw Tigers|DePauw]]
| admin_years5 = 1926–1927
| admin_team5 = [[Loyola Wolfpack|Loyola (LA)]]
| admin_years6 = 1937–1940
| admin_team6 = [[Wheaton Thunder|Wheaton (IL)]]
| overall_record = 37–32–5 (football)<br>142–141 (basketball)
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* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National]] ([[1905 Chicago Maroons football team|1905]])
| awards = 
* First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Western]] ([[1906 All-Western college football team|1906]])
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'''Frederick Mitchell Walker''' (March 21, 1884 – February 1, 1958), [[List of baseball player nicknames#M|nickname]]d "'''Mysterious'''", was an American athlete and coach. He was a three-sport athlete for the [[University of Chicago]] from 1904 to 1906 and played [[Major League Baseball]] as a right-handed [[pitcher]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds]], [[Cleveland Indians]], [[Brooklyn Superbas]], [[Pittsburgh Rebels]] and [[Brooklyn Tip-Tops]].

He earned the nickname "Mysterious" after pitching under a pseudonym for the [[San Francisco Seals (baseball)|San Francisco Seals]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] in 1910. He also served as a college basketball, baseball and football coach at numerous colleges and universities, including [[Utah State University]], [[University of Mississippi]], [[Oregon State University]], [[Carnegie Institute of Technology|Carnegie Tech]], [[Washington & Jefferson College]], [[Williams College]], [[Dartmouth College]], [[Michigan State University]], [[DePauw University]], [[Loyola University New Orleans]], [[Texas Longhorns|University of Texas]], and [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]].

==Early years==
Walker was born in 1884 in [[Utica, Nebraska]]. He later moved during his youth to the [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] section of [[Chicago]].<ref name=Obit/>

==Athlete at the University of Chicago==
Walker attended the [[University of Chicago]] where he played [[American football|football]], [[baseball]] and [[basketball]]. He played at the [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] position for [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]]'s [[Chicago Maroons football]] teams from 1904 to 1906. As a freshman in October 1904, Walker suffered a concussion during a practice session when he collided with another player. The injury initially appeared not to be serious, but later that night Walker became "temporarily deranged" and, during his "delerium" he believed he was playing a football game against Northwestern that was scheduled for the following week.<ref>{{cite news|title=Injured In Football Game. Player Becomes Deranged: Loses Mind Temporarily as Result of a Collision Brought About through an Error in Receiving Signals|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 18, 1904}}</ref> He was a member of the 1905 Chicago Maroons football team that defeated [[1905 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]] by a score of 2–0 ending a 56-game unbeaten streak for [[Fielding H. Yost]]'s "Point-a-Minute" teams.<ref name=Aggie/> Walker played a strong first half in the 1905 win over Michigan, but was forced to leave the game at the start of the second half due to a knee injury.<ref name=Des/> In November 1906, the ''[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Daily Tribune]]'' wrote: "Fred Walker is playing his third year on the maroon team and is considered to be one of the best all round players in the country. Last year in the backfield, he is being used at end this season."<ref>{{cite news|title=Three Clever University of Chicago Football Players|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=November 9, 1906}}</ref>

Walker was also one of the most dependable pitchers for the Maroons' baseball teams for three years, also coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg, and won one [[varsity letter]] in basketball. In one season, he pitched in every baseball game except two for the University of Chicago.<ref name=Land>{{cite news|title=Colleges Want to Land Fred Walker|newspaper=The Day|date=August 31, 1917|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Cf4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rnUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6471,5780239&dq=fred-walker+chicago&hl=en}}</ref>

==Coaching career and professional baseball==
[[File:Mysterious Walker, University of Chicago c. 1907.png|thumb|Walker, {{Circa|1906}}]]

===1907–1910===
After graduating from Chicago in 1907, Walker was hired as the athletic director and coach of four sports at Utah Agricultural College, now known as [[Utah State University]].<ref name=Obit/> His 1907 Utah Aggies football team finished the season with a 6–1 record and outscored opponents 184 to
25.<ref>{{cite web|title=1907 Utah State|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2417&year=1907|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019025307/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2417&year=1907|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 1908 team began the season 4–0 after scoring 138 points to 6 for the opponents.<ref>{{cite web|title=1908 Utah State|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2417&year=1908|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019025312/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=2417&year=1908|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, during the 1908 football season, one of Walker's football players was killed during a game, and the sport was abolished at the college.<ref name=Des>{{cite news|title=Good Baseball Job For Fred Walker|newspaper=The Deseret News|date=December 14, 1908|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C54uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UUgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3640,3091588&dq=fred-walker+chicago&hl=en}}</ref> He spent the latter part of the 1908 season as an assistant coach under [[John P. Koehler]] at the [[University of Denver]].<ref name=Des/>

In the summer of 1908, Walker played semi-professional baseball for the Rogers Parks team on the north side of Chicago. His pitching for Rogers Parks brought Walker to the attention of [[Chicago White Sox]] owner [[Charles Comiskey]], who reportedly told Walker to "name his terms."<ref name=Des/><ref>{{cite news|title=Midway Star For Comiskey: Pitcher Fred Walker Expected to Sign Sox Contract; Coming To See 'Old Roman'; Football Coach Prefers Diamond to Gridiron for a Regular Job|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=December 9, 1908}}</ref>

[[File:Mysterious Walker sketch.jpeg|left|175px|thumb|A sketch of Walker from ''The Spokane Press'' in 1910]]

In 1909, Walker returned to the University of Chicago as an assistant football coach under head coach Stagg. In 1910, he coached the [[University of Mississippi]] baseball team and led them to the southern college championship, finishing with a record of 11–3.<ref name=Land/><ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Ole Miss Baseball Guide|publisher=University of Mississippi|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ole/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2013-Baseball-Media-Guide.pdf|page=112|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314105521/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ole/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/2013-Baseball-Media-Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the conclusion of the college baseball season in 1910, Walker left Mississippi and joined the [[Cincinnati Reds]] as a [[pitcher]]. He appeared in one game for the Reds, pitching three innings on June 28, 1910, and allowing four hits and one earned run.<ref name=BR>{{cite web|title=Mysterious Walker profile|publisher=baseball-reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkemy01.shtml}}</ref>

Walker finished the 1910 season playing baseball for the [[San Francisco Seals (baseball)|San Francisco Seals]] in the [[Pacific Coast League]]. He appeared in 11 games for the Seals and compiled a record of 6–4 with a 2.68 earned run average.<ref name=ML>{{cite web|title=Mysterious Walker profile|publisher=baseball-reference.com|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=walker004fre}}</ref>

While playing for San Francisco in 1910, Walker identified himself as Frank Mitchell, leaving off his last name. Mystery surrounded his appearances in the Pacific Coast League. Some accounts indicate that he wore a mask while pitching for the Seals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lee Magee To Recall Pitcher Fred Walker|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=July 2, 1915|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ahkhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4351,457383&dq=fred-walker&hl=en}}</ref> After he won both games of a doubleheader over the [[Los Angeles Angels (PCL)|Los Angeles Angels]] in early September 1910, allowing seven hits in the first game and six in the second, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' first referred to him as "Mysterious Mitchell", reporting as follows:<blockquote>"The big feature of this first double-header was the work of the iron 'busher' who heaved in both games. In the first, of ten innings, he allowed but seven hits, and in the second, of seven innings, six swats were made off him. ... Hash Mitchell, the mystery that came from nowhere to pitch four straight victories for the Seals ... Every one watched Mitchell in the hope that they might guess who he is by looking at him, and while they were gazing they saw some real spit ball pitching that was remarkable for the amount of juice he used to deceive the local batsmen."<ref>{{cite news|title=Two Victries Go To Busher: Mysterious Iron Man Mitchell Wins Double-Header|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 11, 1910}}</ref></blockquote>
The following week, the buzz surrounding "Mysterious Mitchell" continued to grow. Following a game in San Francisco, the press reported that Mitchell remained the focus of attention:<blockquote>"Mysterious Mitchell furnished the sensation at [[Recreation Park (San Francisco)|Recreation Park]] once more this afternoon when 8000 wildly excited fans upset baseball tradition. ... Until after the game the twirler created as much interest and excitement as the contest itself as there was still more to follow. He was the center of a throng as he left the stand and when he went to the offices of the baseball company, several hundred people gathered to look at him and call for a speech."<ref>{{cite news|title=Fans Clamor For Mitchell: Cheer Mysterious Man When He Is Removed|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 18, 1910}}</ref></blockquote>
On September 19, 1910, Chicago sporting writers identified Mysterious Mitchell based on a photograph published by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as Fred Walker, the former pitching star for the University of Chicago. The press reported that Walker had signed earlier in the summer with the New York Giants but "got into trouble with a chambermaid at a hotel where he stopped, who accused the young pitcher of attempted assault."<ref name=Mys/> Following the accusation, Walker had disappeared leaving no trace until his photograph appeared in the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name=Mys>{{cite news|title=Sigh of Relief: Big Mystery May Be Ended; Mitchell May Be Walker of New York Giants; Games in Which he Pitched Must Be Thrown Out; Twirler Ran Away from Fair Gotham Chambermaid|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 20, 1910}}</ref> For the rest of his career in baseball, Walker was known as either "Mysterious Walker" and "Mysterious Mitchell."<ref name=Obit/><ref name=BR/>

===1911–1916===
In 1911, Walker coached the baseball team for the [[Oregon State Beavers baseball|Oregon Aggies]]. His Oregon Aggies team finished 8–7 and lost the championship by a half game.<ref name=Land/><ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Oregon State Baseball Guide|publisher=Oregon State University|url=http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/8573/OSU_2005_pt2.pdf|page=2|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> During the winter of 1911–1912, Walker served as the coach for a basketball team in San Francisco. He was discharged in January 1912 after striking a referee in an altercation that grew out of a disagreement in a game. Members of the team petitioned to have Walker reinstated, contending that the referee's conduct justified the blow.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mysterious Mitchell Dropped as Coach|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 18, 1912}}</ref>

In 1912, Walker signed with the [[Cleveland Indians]] and appeared in one game, pitching one inning and giving up no hits and no earned runs.<ref name=BR/> In the fall of 1912, Walker served as a football coach at Carnegie Tech. After pitching in the major leagues, he returned to Carnegie Tech as football coach in the fall of 1913, and played professional basketball that winter for Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Spirit Shown at Carnegie Tech|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=November 30, 1913|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WLIeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KEkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4402,5343198&dq=walker+carnegie+football&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All-Time Football Records|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|url=http://athletics.cmu.edu/sports/fball/history/alltimescores.pdf|page=1|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Eastern Association|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=January 29, 1914|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/751013712.html?dids=751013712:751013712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+29,+1914&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=EASTERN+ASSOCIATION&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102085810/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/751013712.html?dids=751013712:751013712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+29,+1914&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=EASTERN+ASSOCIATION&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }} ("Fred Walker, the pitcher who was with Bridgeport in 1908, is on<!--sic. This is a direct copy of the "abstract", though the full text may well say "is one of"--> of the strongest men in basketball. In Pittsburgh the other day he made a bridge of his chest and allowed Manager Harry Smith of Newark and two other players to stand on him.")</ref>

In 1913, Walker returned to Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the [[Brooklyn Superbas]]. He appeared in 11 games for Brooklyn in 1913, pitching 58 1/3 innings and compiling a 3.55 [[earned run average]].<ref name=BR/> In August 1913, ''The Pittsburgh Press'' wrote of Walker: "Fred Walker, otherwise known as 'Mysterious Mitchell,' who is pitching for Brooklyn, appears to be a perfectly good topnotcher for about four innings. After that—well, he hasn't won any laurels as a stayer."<ref>{{cite news|title=Baseball Notes|newspaper=Pittsburgh Press|date=August 13, 1913|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cxsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2791,2990309&dq=fred-walker+baseball&hl=en}}</ref>

In 1914, Walker pitched for the [[Pittsburgh Rebels]] of the [[Federal League]]. He appeared in 35 games for the Rebels in 1914, pitching a career-high 169 1/3 innings with a record of 4–16 and a 4.33 earned run average.<ref name=BR/> He ranked ninth in the Federal League with 16 losses in 1914 and led the league with 12 [[wild pitch]]es.<ref name=BR/> During the fall of 1914, Walker served as an assistant football coach under [[Bob Folwell]] at [[Washington & Jefferson College]].<ref name=Land/>

In 1915, Walker played his final season of professional baseball with the [[Brooklyn Tip-Tops]] of the Federal League. He appeared in 13 games for the Tip-Tops in 1915, pitching 65 2/3 innings with a 3.70 earned run average.<ref name=BR/> He appeared in his final Major League game on September 29.<ref name=BR/> In 1916, Walker played minor league baseball, playing for teams in [[Albany, New York|Albany]] and [[Utica, New York]]. In the fall of 1916, Walker returned to the University of Chicago as an assistant football coach under head coach Stagg.

===1917–1925===
Walker served as an assistant baseball coach in the spring of 1917 back at the University of Chicago. During the summer of 1917, Walker played minor league baseball for New Haven in the Eastern League.<ref name=NYT/> In September 1917, the [[Williams College]] athletic council announced the hiring of Walker as the college's football coach.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker to Coach Williams College Eleven|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=September 12, 1917|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/176445422.html?dids=176445422:176445422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+12,+1917&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=FRED+WALKER+TO+COACH+WILLIAMS+COLLEGE+ELEVEN&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102085553/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/176445422.html?dids=176445422:176445422&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+12,+1917&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=FRED+WALKER+TO+COACH+WILLIAMS+COLLEGE+ELEVEN&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> Walker served as the head football coach at Williams College in 1917 and led the team to the first undefeated season in the school's history with seven wins and one tie.<ref>{{cite web|title=Williams College Division III Football Record Book (1973–2008): 122 years of football|publisher=Williams College|url=http://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/fball/Footballrecordsthru2008-1updated10-28-09.PDF|page=1|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314114948/http://ephsports.williams.edu/sports/fball/Footballrecordsthru2008-1updated10-28-09.PDF|url-status=dead}}</ref> The 1917 Williams team defeated traditional football power [[Cornell Big Red football|Cornell]] 14–10 in the second game of the season and finished the season with a 20–0 win over rival, [[Amherst College]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Williams Finishes Without a Defeat; Boynton Runs Wild Over Amherst and Keeps Slate of Team Clean for Year|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 18, 1917}}</ref>

In December 1917, Walker was hired by [[Dartmouth College]] as the school's head basketball coach.<ref name=Dart>{{cite news|title=Walker to Coach Dartmouth Men: Successful Williams Football Instructor Will Have Charge of Basketball Team at Hanover|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor |date=December 4, 1917|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/267845412.html?dids=267845412:267845412&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Dec+04,+1917&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=WALKER+TO+COACH+DARTMOUTH+MEN&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102083101/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/267845412.html?dids=267845412:267845412&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Dec+04,+1917&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=WALKER+TO+COACH+DARTMOUTH+MEN&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker To Coach Dartmouth Basket Team|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=December 15, 1917}}</ref> After the basketball team lost the first 20 games of the season, the Dartmouth Athletic Council discontinued Walker's services in February 1918. At the time, ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "The dissatisfaction of the student body, together with methods of coaching that were described as not in keeping with the council's idea of how a Dartmouth team should be coached, were given as the reasons for releasing Walker."<ref>{{cite news|title=Dartmouth Drops Coach; Fred Walker Released Following Season's Basket Ball Fiasco|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 1, 1918|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/03/01/102675041.pdf}}</ref>

He signed with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in February 1918,<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Cardinals Sign Fred Walker|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 16, 1918|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/02/16/102670421.pdf}}</ref> but spent the summer playing minor league baseball for the [[Newark Bears]] and [[Binghamton Bingoes]]. He appeared in 20 minor league games in 1918, with a record of 8–9 and a 2.58 earned run average.<ref name=ML/> Following the United States' entry into World War I, Walker served as the athletic director for the Second Naval District at [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite news|title=Newport Boys Are Ready For Rivals; Coach Fred Walker Anxious to Have Team Meet Great Lakes in War Work Sports Drive|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 24, 1918|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/10/24/97036160.pdf}}</ref>

At the end of World War I, Walker was hired as the athletic director and head basketball coach at Rhode Island State College, now known as [[University of Rhode Island]]. During the 1919 basketball season, Walker led the [[Rhode Island Rams]] to a 7–1 record; his .875 winning percentage is the highest among all basketball coaches in the school's history. Walker also coached the school to its first ever basketball victory over [[Brown University]]'s varsity.<ref name=URI>{{cite web|title=2009-2010 URI Record Book|year=2009|publisher=University of Rhode Island|page=117|url=http://issuu.com/jpontbriand/docs/06_record_book}}</ref><ref name=RI>{{cite news|title=Walker at Rhode Island|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=January 24, 1919|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gLcaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ekkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3513,2871621&dq=fred-walker+chicago&hl=en}}</ref> Walker left Rhode Island abruptly when the school refused to increase his $3,000 salary. The school's Board of Managers refused to reconsider even after receiving a petition signed by 147 of the school's 255 students.<ref name=URI/>

From 1919 to 1920, Walker served as the athletic director and football and baseball coach at the New York Agricultural College, now known as [[State University of New York at Farmingdale]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Seek Game With Cornell; New York Aggies Will Also Meet Georgetown on Gridiron|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 8, 1919|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1919/12/08/97703637.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Colgate Scores 16 RUNS in One Inning; Up-State Collegians Start Slowly, but Finally Defeat N. Y. Aggies, 19 to 1|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 7, 1919|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/04/17/112654376.pdf}}</ref> After a year in which the football team went 2–5, Walker resigned his position in June 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.luckyshow.org/football/aggies.htm |title=Historic Football Records for the New York Aggies |last=Luchter |first=Paul S. |website=www.luckyshow.org |access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> He stated that his decision was due to the failure of the legislature to appropriate funds to carry on the athletic program at the school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker Resigns as State Aggie Coach|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=June 24, 1920|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMUaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5881,3081601&dq=fred-walker+aggies+new-york&hl=en}}</ref>

In September 1920, Walker returned to the University of Chicago as an assistant football coach under Amos Alonzo Stagg.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker Returns to Maroon Moleskins as Stagg's Assistant|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=September 29, 1920}}</ref> In February 1921, Walker signed a three-year contract to serve as the athletic director and head football, basketball and baseball coach at [[DePauw University]] in [[Greencastle, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Walter Eckersall|title=Fred Walker Signs as Sport Diretor of De Pauw Teams|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=February 23, 1921}}</ref> In his one year as the head basketball coach, Walker led the Tigers to a 17–3 mark in 1921–1922. He led DePauw's 1921 football team to a 4–3 record.<ref>{{cite news|title=DePauw Fans Return from Indianapolis After Disappointing 22–0 Loss to Wabash|publisher=DePauw University|url=http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=21404|access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref> Walker's baseball team finished the 1922 season at 4–8.<ref>{{cite web|title=DePauw Baseball Year-by-Year Records|publisher=DePauw University|url=http://depauwtigers.com/sports/bsb/records/year_by_year_wl_records|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314085638/http://depauwtigers.com/sports/bsb/records/year_by_year_wl_records|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In August 1922, Walker was hired by Michigan Agricultural College, now [[Michigan State University]], as advisory coach of the football team and as head coach of the basketball and baseball teams.<ref name=Aggie>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker Takes Michigan Aggie Job|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=August 31, 1922}}</ref> In two seasons as the head basketball and baseball coach at M.A.C. between 1922 and 1924, Walker's basketball and baseball teams had records of 20–19 and 20–11, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spartan Record Book|publisher=Michigan State University|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/12-m-basebl-awards-media-bk.pdf|page=16|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=January 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128165101/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/12-m-basebl-awards-media-bk.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> From 1924 to 1926, Walker served as the basketball and football coach at [[Drury College]] in [[Springfield, Missouri]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news|title=Walker Repeats Miracle Stuff With Drury Team|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=November 16, 1924}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Three Brothers on Drury Team|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 18, 1925}}</ref> In November 1924, Walker was hailed by the ''[[Chicago tribune|Chicago Daily Tribune]]'' as "Drury's miracle man" when he took "a team of light recruits" and developed them into one of the most sensational elevens in the history of the [[Missouri Conference]]."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> However, Drury's basketball team failed to post a winning record in Walker's two seasons at the helm, amassing a cumulative mark of seven wins and thirteen losses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Drury vs. All-Opponents & All-Time Coaching Records|publisher=Drury University|url=http://drurypanthers.com/custompages/mbball/Records/All%20opp%20and%20coaching.htm|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref>

===1926–1940===
From 1926 to 1927, Walker served as athletic director and coach at [[Loyola University New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Loyola Wants Game With Carnegie Tech|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=November 30, 1926|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T4cLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t1QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1226,152451&dq=fred-walker+loyola&hl=en}}</ref> In his one year as the head basketball coach at Loyola, Walker led the team to a 12–6 record, including three wins over [[LSU Tigers men's basketball|LSU]].<ref>{{cite news|title=2009–2010 Loyola Wolfpack Men's Basketball Media Guide|publisher=Loyola University|url=http://wolfpack.loyno.edu/sites/wolfpack.loyno.edu/files/2009-10-loyola-mens-basketball-media-guide.pdf|access-date=May 21, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In September 1927, Walker was hired as the head basketball coach at the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Walker To Coach Texas Basketball|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|date=September 23, 1927|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=320oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=51IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4285,6143049&dq=fred-walker+loyola&hl=en}}</ref> He remained in the position from 1927 to 1931, compiling a 51–30 combined record during his four-year stint as head coach at Texas. Walker led the Longhorns to an 18–2 overall record and 10–2 conference record during his second season. He was terminated following the Longhorns' 9–15 season in his fourth year.

In August 1932, Walker was appointed as the head football coach at [[J. Sterling Morton High School East|J. Sterling Morton High School]] in [[Cicero, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker is Named Morton Football Coach|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=August 14, 1932}}</ref> In October 1932, he was dismissed after Major W.P. MacLean, head of the school's physical education department, charged that Walker was inefficient, had been late for classes, had allowed students to take out uniforms and equipment without making a deposit, and had allowed the shower rooms dirty during the football season. Nearly 300 citizens and parents crowded into the school's regular board room to protest the action.<ref>{{cite news|title=Besiege School Board to Fight Ouster of Coach: Closed Meeting Is Held in Morton High|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=October 25, 1932}}</ref> Walker was reinstated after the school superintendent issued a report declaring the charges against Walker to be "petty and trivial."<ref>{{cite news|title=Walker, Morton Coach, Cleared by School Board|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=November 15, 1932}}</ref> Two weeks after Walker's reinstatement, the individual who had made the charges against him was removed from his position at the school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Morton High's Chief Removes Physical Head|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=November 30, 1932}}</ref>

From 1936 to 1940, Walker coached baseball, football and basketball at [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]] in [[Wheaton, Illinois]]. In May 1937, he was also named athletic director at Wheaton College.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred M. Walker Named Wheaton Athletic Head|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=May 31, 1937}}</ref> Walker was the head coach of the Crusaders football, basketball and baseball teams for four years between 1936 and 1940 and compiled a record of 11–14–4 in football, 28–34 in basketball and 31–35 in baseball.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 Thunder Football|publisher=Wheaton College|url=http://athletics.wheaton.edu/custompages/football/FBBook.pdf|page=8|access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wheaton Basketball|publisher=Wheaton College|url=http://athletics.wheaton.edu/documents/2013/12/13/Final_PDF.pdf|page=21|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Wheaton College Baseball|publisher=Wheaton College|url=http://athletics.wheaton.edu/documents/2013/5/22/Baseball_Year_by_Year_Results.docx|page=1|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> In January 1940, Walker announced that he would resign his coaching positions effective in June 1940. He noted that he was dissatisfied with the ouster of the university president, James Oliver Buswell, and he intended to devote more time to his security business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Walker to Quit Next June as Wheaton Coach|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=January 25, 1940}}</ref>

==Later years==
Walker retired from coaching in 1940 and worked in the investment business. He was a vice president of Chesley and Co. from 1952 to 1958.<ref name=Obit/> In February 1958, Walker died suddenly from a heart attack at his home in [[Oak Park, Illinois]].<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|title=Fred Walker, Ex-Athlete and Coach, Dies|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=February 2, 1958}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Utah State Aggies football|Utah Agricultural Aggies]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1907
 | endyear   = 1908
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1907 college football season|1907]]
 | name         = [[1907 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team|Utah Agricultural]]
 | overall      = 6–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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 | year         = [[1908 college football season|1908]]
 | name         = [[1908 Utah Agricultural Aggies football team|Utah Agricultural]]
 | overall      = 4–0
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 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Utah Agricultural
 | overall    = 10–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Williams Ephs football|Williams Ephs]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1917
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1917 college football season|1917]]
 | name         = [[1917 Williams Ephs football team|Williams]]
 | overall      = 7–0–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Williams
 | overall    = 7–0–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Farmingdale State College#Athletics|New York Agricultural Aggies]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1919
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
 | name         = New York Agricultural
 | overall      = 2–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = New York Agricultural
 | overall    = 2–5
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[DePauw Tigers football|DePauw Tigers]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1921
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1921 college football season|1921]]
 | name         = [[1921 DePauw Tigers football team|DePauw]]
 | overall      = 4–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = DePauw
 | overall    = 4–3
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Drury Panthers football|Drury Panthers]]
 | conf      = [[Missouri College Athletic Union]]
 | startyear = 1924
 | endyear   = 1925
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
 | name         = Drury
 | overall      = 3–4
 | conference   = 2–3
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1925 college football season|1925]]
 | name         = Drury
 | overall      = 2–5
 | conference   = 1–3
 | confstanding = 8th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Drury
 | overall    = 5–9
 | confrecord = 3–6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Wheaton Thunder football|Wheaton Crusaders]]
 | conf      = [[Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1936
 | endyear   = 1937
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1936 college football season|1936]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 3–2–2
 | conference   = 2–1–2
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1937 college football season|1937]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 3–5
 | conference   = 3–3
 | confstanding = T–11th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Wheaton Thunder football|Wheaton Crusaders]]
 | conf      = [[Illinois College Conference]]
 | startyear = 1938
 | endyear   = 1939
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1938 college football season|1938]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 3–3
 | conference   = 2–1
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1939 college football season|1939]]
 | name         = Wheaton 
 | overall      = 2–4–2
 | conference   = 1–0–1
 | confstanding = T–3rd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Wheaton
 | overall    = 11–14–4
 | confrecord = 8–5–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 37–32–5
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===Basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Utah State Aggies men's basketball|Utah Aggies]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1907
 | endyear    = 1908
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball season|1907–08]]
 | name         = Utah Agricultural
 | overall      = 0–8
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Utah Agricultural
 | overall    = 0–8 ({{Winning percentage|0|8}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Dartmouth Big Green men's basketball|Dartmouth]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1917
 | endyear    = 1918
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1917–18 NCAA men's basketball season|1917–18]]
 | name         = Dartmouth
 | overall      = 0–26
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Dartmouth
 | overall    = 0–26 ({{Winning percentage|0|26}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Rhode Island Rams men's basketball|Rhode Island State Rams]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1918
 | endyear    = 1919
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1918–19 NCAA men's basketball season|1918–19]]
 | name         = Rhode Island State
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Rhode Island State
 | overall    = 7–1 ({{Winning percentage|7|1}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[DePauw Tigers men's basketball|DePauw Tigers]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1921
 | endyear    = 1922
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1921–22 NCAA men's basketball season|1921–22]]
 | name         = DePauw
 | overall      = 17–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = DePauw
 | overall    = 17–3 ({{Winning percentage|17|3}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan Agricultural Aggies]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1922
 | endyear    = 1924
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1922–23 NCAA men's basketball season|1922–23]]
 | name         = Michigan Agricultural
 | overall      = 10–9
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1923–24 NCAA men's basketball season|1923–24]]
 | name         = Michigan Agricultural
 | overall      = 10–10
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Michigan Agricultural
 | overall    = 20–19 ({{Winning percentage|20|19}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Drury Panthers men's basketball|Drury Panthers]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1924
 | endyear    = 1926
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1924–25 NCAA men's basketball season|1924–25]]
 | name         = Drury
 | overall      = 5–8
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1925–26 NCAA men's basketball season|1925–26]]
 | name         = Drury
 | overall      = 2–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Drury
 | overall    = 7–13 ({{Winning percentage|7|13}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Loyola Wolf Pack men's basketball|Loyola Wolf Pack]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1926
 | endyear    = 1927
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1926–27 NCAA men's basketball season|1926–27]]
 | name         = Loyola
 | overall      = 12–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Loyola
 | overall    = 12–6 ({{Winning percentage|12|6}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas Longhorns]]
 | conference = [[Southwest Conference]]
 | startyear  = 1927
 | endyear    = 1931
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1927–28 NCAA men's basketball season|1927–28]]
 | name         = [[1927–28 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]]
 | overall      = 12–5
 | conference   = 7–5
 | confstanding = 3rd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1928–29 NCAA men's basketball season|1928–29]]
 | name         = [[1928–29 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]]
 | overall      = 18–2
 | conference   = 10–2
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1929–30 NCAA men's basketball season|1929–30]]
 | name         = [[1929–30 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]]
 | overall      = 12–9
 | conference   = 8–4
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1930–31 NCAA men's basketball season|1930–31]]
 | name         = [[1930–31 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]]
 | overall      = 9–15
 | conference   = 2–10
 | confstanding = 7th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Texas
 | overall    = 51–31 ({{Winning percentage|51|31}})
 | confrecord = 27–21 ({{Winning percentage|27|21}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Wheaton Thunder men's basketball|Wheaton Crusaders]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1936
 | endyear    = 1940
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1936–37 NCAA men's basketball season|1936–37]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 7–11
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1937–38 NCAA men's basketball season|1937–38]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 10–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season|1938–39]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 7–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season|1939–40]]
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 4–10
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Wheaton
 | overall    = 28–34 ({{Winning percentage|28|34}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = 142–141 ({{Winning percentage|142|141}})
 | legend  = no
}}

===Baseball===
{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Ole Miss Rebels baseball|Ole Miss Rebels]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1910
 | endyear    = single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1910
 | name         = Ole Miss
 | overall      = 11–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
 | name       = Ole Miss
 | overall    = 11–3 ({{Winning percentage|11|3}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Oregon State Beavers baseball|Oregon Agricultural Beavers]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1911
 | endyear    = single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1911
 | name         = Oregon Agricultural
 | overall      = 8–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
 | name       = Oregon Agricultural
 | overall    = 8–7 ({{Winning percentage|8|7}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Farmingdale State College#Athletics|New York Agricultural Aggies]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1920
 | endyear    = single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1920
 | name         = New York Agricultural
 | overall      = 
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
 | name       = New York Agricultural
 | overall    = 
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[DePauw Tigers baseball|DePauw Tigers]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1922
 | endyear    = single
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1922
 | name         = DePauw
 | overall      = 4–8
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
 | name       = DePauw
 | overall    = 4–8 ({{Winning percentage|4|8}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Michigan State Spartans baseball|Michigan Agricultural Aggies]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1923
 | endyear    = 1924
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1923
 | name         = Michigan Agricultural
 | overall      = 14–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1924
 | name         = Michigan Agricultural
 | overall      = 6–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
 | name       = Michigan Agricultural
 | overall    = 20–11 ({{Winning percentage|20|11}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Wheaton Thunder baseball|Wheaton Crusaders]]
 | conference = Independent
 | startyear  = 1937
 | endyear    = 1940
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1937
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 9–8
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1938
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 9–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1939
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 10–5
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 1940
 | name         = Wheaton
 | overall      = 3–15
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding =
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
 | name       = Wheaton
 | overall    = 31–35 ({{Winning percentage|31|35}})
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
 | overall = 
 | legend  = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=w/walkemy01|brm=walker004fre}}
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=walkemy01 Baseball Almanac]

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