Jimmy Walker
Shooting guard, Basketball Player
1944 – 2007
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Who was Jimmy Walker?
James "Jimmy" Walker was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard, he played nine seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets, and Kansas City Kings. Walker was a two-time All-Star who scored 11,655 points in his career. He was also the father of former NBA player Jalen Rose, though he left Rose's mother prior to his birth and took no part in the child's upbringing. Walker died on July 2, 2007, at the age of 63, from complications related to lung cancer.
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- Born
- Apr 8, 1944
Amherst - Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Providence College
- Lived in
- Boston
- Virginia
- Atlanta
- Amherst
- Died
- Jul 2, 2007
Kansas City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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