George R. Walker
{{short description|American football and basketball coach}}
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| alma_mater = Illinois (1948)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1955–1960
| coach_team2 = St. Augustine's
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1955–1957
| coach_team4 = St. Augustine's
| overall_record = 30–18–2 (football)
20–20 (basketball)
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George R. Walker (16 February 1926 – October 2003) was an American football and basketball coach.{{Brinkster}} He was the head football coach at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1955 to 1960. Walker was also the head basketball coach at St. Augustine's from 1955 to 1957.{{cite news|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careercoach|title=George R. Walker|publisher=ncaa.org|access-date=January 18, 2018}}
Walker was also an NCAA champion hurdler for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He died in 2003, aged 77.{{Cite web |last=PEARSON |first=MIKE |date=2022-05-22 |title=Illini Legends, Lists and Lore: George Walker |url=https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-legends-lists-and-lore-george-walker/article_83dca548-211d-5512-b8c8-becfe60ad559.html |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=The News-Gazette |language=en}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = St. Augustine's Falcons
| conf = Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1955
| endyear = 1960
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 10th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 6–1–1
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = T–4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 2–4–1
| conference = 2–4–1
| confstanding = 13th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 6th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 11th
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = St. Augustine's
| overall = 30–18–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 30–18–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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References
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Category:St. Augustine's Falcons football coaches
Category:St. Augustine's Falcons men's basketball coaches
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Category:American male hurdlers
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners