James Walker (Australian rules footballer)
- James Walker (Australian rules footballer)
Infobox afl player
firstname = James
lastname = Walker
birthdate = Birth date and age|1979|1|15|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam =
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 19, 1998
debutteam = Fremantle
debutopponent = Essendon
debutstadium = Subiaco Oval
playingteams = Fremantle (1998-2007)
151 games, 16 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2007
careerhighlights =
James Walker (born 15 January 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the Fremantle Football Club. He mainly played as a midfielder or a small defender.
Walker was drafted from North Ballarat Football Club with the 6th selection in the 1997 National Draft and made his AFL debut against Essendon at Subiaco Oval in Round 19, 1998. He has since played over 150 games for Fremantle, the first Victorian born player to do so.[cite web|url=http://fremantlefc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7009/Default.aspx?newsId=52751|title=Life Member - James Walker|last=McManus|first=Luke|date=2007-10-24|publisher=Fremantlefc.com.au|accessdate=2008-09-30] When not selected for the Fremantle side, he played for the Peel Thunder in the WAFL, after initially playing for East Perth.]He won the AFL Grand Final Sprint in 2003 and 2004 and was noted as one of the fastest players in the AFL. He is the great-grandson of Collingwood legend Gordon Coventry.[cite web|url=http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/pssst/2007/05/27/1180205059026.html|title=Pssst|last=Hutchison|first=Craig|date=2007-05-27|publisher=Realfooty.com.au|accessdate=2008-09-30] ]Walker was delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2007 season and choose to participate in the 2007-08 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race onboard the yacht "westernaustralia2011.com" for the race leg across the Southern Ocean between Durban and Fremantle.[cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22797399-2761,00.html|title=Fremantle Docker James Walker pulls anchor|last=AAP|date=2007-11-21|publisher=PerthNow|accessdate=2008-09-30] ]External links
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