Walker Gillette

{{Short description|American football player (born 1947)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Walker Gillette

| image =

| caption =

| position = Wide receiver

| number = 84

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|16}}

| birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 200

| draftyear = 1970

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 15

| high_school = Southampton {{nowrap|(Courtland, Virginia)}}

| college = Richmond

| teams =

| highlights =

| statlabel3 = Receptions

| statvalue3 = 153

| statlabel4 = Receiving yards

| statvalue4 = 2,291

| statlabel5 = Receiving TDs

| statvalue5 = 12

| pfr = GillWa00

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Walker Adams Gillette (born March 16, 1947) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Cardinals, and the New York Giants. He played college football for the Richmond Spiders and was selected 15th overall in the first round of the 1970 NFL draft. Gillette's father, Jim Gillette, also played in the NFL.

In 1990, Gillette was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

NFL career statistics

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! colspan="2"| Legend

Bold

| Career high

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rowspan="2"| Year

!rowspan="2"| Team

!colspan="2"| Games

!colspan="5"| Receiving

GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTD
1970SDG

| 13 || 0 || 2 || 21 || 10.5 || 12 || 0

1971SDG

| 12 || 1 || 10 || 147 || 14.7 || 25 || 2

1972STL

| 14 || 13 || 33 || 550 || 16.7 || 65 || 2

1973STL

| 14 || 9 || 20 || 244 || 12.2 || 48 || 1

1974NYG

| 11 || 7 || 29 || 466 || 16.1 || 72 || 3

1975NYG

| 14 || 14 || 43 || 600 || 14.0 || 50 || 2

1976NYG

| 13 || 7 || 16 || 263 || 16.4 || 62 || 2

colspan="2"|91511532,29115.07212

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