Horace Walker (basketball)

{{Short description|American basketball player (1937–2001)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Horace Walker

| image = Horace Walker basketball.jpeg

| width =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 210

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|4|17}}

| birth_place = Chester, Pennsylvania

| nationality = American

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|6|7|1937|4|17}}

| high_school = Chester (Chester, Pennsylvania)

| college = Michigan State (1957–1960)

| draft_year = 1960

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 30

| draft_team = St. Louis Hawks

| career_start =

| career_end =

| career_number = 15

| career_position = Small forward

| years1 = 1961

| team1 = Denver-Chicago Trucking

| years2 = {{nbay|1961|full=y}}

| team2 = Chicago Packers

| years3 = 1962–1963

| team3 = Trenton Colonials

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1960)

}}

Horace L. Walker (April 17, 1937 – June 7, 2001) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. As a senior at Michigan State University, he was named to the AP All-America third team.{{cite web|title=NCAA College Basketball AP All-America Teams|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html|work=basketball-reference.com|accessdate=24 July 2012}} Walker was then drafted with the sixth pick in the fourth round of the 1960 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks. On June 24, 1961, he was traded to the Chicago Packers for a fourth-round pick in the 1962 NBA draft. In his one season with the Packers, Walker averaged 6.7 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.{{cite web|title=Horace Walker NBA statistics|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/walkeho01.html|work=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=31 January 2024}}