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Richard "Dick" Walker was a four-year varsity center for the Blue Streaks football in the early to mid 1950's under the legendary coach Herb Eisele.
A three-year starter and letter winner, Walker played 60 minutes of every game as a center and linebacker over his last two seasons as a Blue Streak. He played for the last John Carroll teams to face a major college football schedule (his final game was against Kent State). The best year for the Blue Streaks during Walker's career was the 1953 campaign when JCU posted wins over Xavier, Toledo and Bradley en route to a 7-2 season.
After departing the JCU campus, Walker would embark on a coaching career that has spanned over 40 years, which has included stops with he University of Toledo, the Naval Academy, the Montreal Alouettes of CFL, and successful high school teams in Columbus and Atlanta.
His two most famous coaching stints were with Woody Hayes and the national championship 1968 Ohio State University football team, and with the Super Bowl XIII and XIV champion Pittsburgh Steelers under coach Chuck Noll.
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