Les Walters

{{Short description|American football player (born 1937)}}

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| name = Les Walters

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| position = End, Defensive back

| birth_date = February 13, 1937

| birth_place = Palmyra, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| college = Penn State

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• Washington Redskins (1958)

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• Second-team All-American (1957)
• First-team All-Eastern (1957)

| statlabel1 = Games

| statvalue1 = 8

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

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Lester Kenneth Walters Jr. (born February 13, 1937) is an American former professional football player for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Born in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, Watters attended Milton S. Hershey High School.{{cite web|title=Les Walters|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=June 22, 2022|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerw/walt01400.html}} Walters attended Pennsylvania State University, where he played football at the end position for the from 1955 to 1957. As a senior in 1957, he caught 24 passes for 426 yards and five touchdowns. He was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a second-team player on its 1957 College Football All-America Team.{{cite news|title=Iowa Tackle Is Lone Repeater On All-America Team|newspaper=The Gettysburg Times|date=December 5, 1957|page=5|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19571205&id=FN8yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=av8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2971,1835285}} He was also selected by both the AP and the United Press as a first-team player on the 1957 All-Eastern college football team.{{cite news|title=Les Walters Selected On UP All-East Team|newspaper=Lebanon Daily News|date=December 4, 1957|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104302701/les-walters/|via=Newspapers.com}} He also competed for the Penn State wrestling team.{{cite news|title=Walters Accepts Invitation To Pro Bowl Game|newspaper=Lebanon Daily News|date=December 7, 1957|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104303005/les-walters/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Walters was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the fourth round (48th overall pick) of the 1958 NFL draft. He signed with the Colts in February 1958,{{cite news|title=Colts Sign Les Walters, Selected No. 4 In Draft|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|author=Cameron C. Snyder|date=February 9, 1958|pages=13, 16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104303586/colts-sign-les-walters-selected-no-4/|via=Newspapers.com}} but he was the last player cut by the Colts before the start of the 1958 season, but was then picked up by the Washington Redskins.{{cite news|title=Players Faster, Defense Tougher|newspaper=Lancaster New Era|author=Bill Fisher|date=February 5, 1959|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104303254/players-faster-defense-tougher/|via=Newspapers.com}} He appeared in eight games as a defensive back for the Redskins during the 1958 NFL season.{{cite web|title=Les Walters|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 16, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WaltLe20.htm}} He recorded one interception which he returned for 19 yards.