Wally Walker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wally Walker
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 18, 1954(1954-07-18)
Age	70
Country	United States
Birth City	Millersville
Horoscope	Cancer

Wally Walker Biography

Wally Walker is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on July 18, 1954 in Millersville, United States. Walter Frederick Walker (born July 18th 1954) is an American former professional basketball player. Walker is well-known by the span of his National Basketball Association (NBA) career as a player and an executive in the front office of the Seattle SuperSonics.

After 1994’s NBA campaign, Walker was named by Ackerley to serve as President as well as General Manager for the club. The Sonics continued to have success over the following four seasons with a team that was primarily comprised of Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Detlef Schrempf, Sam Perkins, Nate McMillan and Hersey Hawkins and Hersey Hawkins as an Walker acquisition. In 1997-98 the Sonics took home in the Pacific Division with a record of 61-21. Walker was second in the executive of the year voting.

During the 2003 season, Walker engineered a trade with the Bucks for star guard Ray Allen, along with Flip Murray, Kevin Ollie and a first-round pick that became Luke Ridnour, to the Sonics for Gary Payton and Desmond Mason. In 2004-05 the Sonics won the Northwest Division with a record of 52-30, the fourth Division Title that the Sonics won while Walker was team President, with a roster composed exclusively of players he acquired.

During the 2005 offseason, following the franchise’s first 50-win season in 7 years, popular head coach and former Sonic player Nate McMillan signed a contract with a Northwest rival, the Portland Trail Blazers. A month earlier with the blessing of the Sonics organization, long-time assistant Dwayne Casey, a potential successor as head coach if McMillan were not to re-sign, agreed to be the coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Walker and then-GM Rick Sund eventually filled the vacancy with assistant Bob Weiss. Weiss was fired in January of the following season, after going only 13-17. Walker and Sund replaced Weiss with assistant Bob Hill, who coached the team to a 22-30 record.

His career averages for playing were 7.0 points as well as 3.1 rebounding during his eight-year career in Portland, Seattle and Houston. He was awarded the titles rings (with Portland and Seattle) in the second and third years. He was a regular in Seattle Sonics in 1981-82, and then in the following season, he played was with the Houston Rockets. After the end of their NBA season in 1984 Walker participated in eleven matches in the Italian Pro League in Milan before he enrolled at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and graduated at the age of 1987 and earning an MBA. He was employed for the next seven years for Goldman Sachs and also started his own business in money management, Walker Capital, before returning to the NBA in the mid 1990s as a television announcements and an advisor for the team he played with that was the Seattle SuperSonics, owned by Barry Ackerley.

Wally Walker Net Worth

Wally Walker is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wally Walker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The average scoring of Walker’s 22.1 points in the 1975-76 campaign is the sixth-highest in Virginia history. His 1,849 career points rank seventh on all time Cavalier list. Walker was named the first team Academic All American in 1976. The number 41 was removed at the request of his school. It was the Portland Trail Blazers took him in the first round of the draft in 1976 as the fifth overall selection.

An incredibly prolific scorer in frontcourt at college Walker helped lead the Virginia Cavaliers to their first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and their initial NCAA Tournament berth in 1976.

The Sonics average cost per win was 6th best in the league at $850 thousand per victory for the 1999-2000 season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Wally Walker height 6 ft 7 in Wally weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Wally Walker Dating?

According to our records, Wally Walker married to Linda Ridder. As of December 1, 2023, Wally Walker’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Wally Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Wally Walker celebrates birthday on July 18 of every year.

Where is Wally Walker today?

In between his playing NBA playing career and his front office posts, Walker attended grad school at Stanford, which resulted in him starting a financial investment company, Hana Road Capital , which he still leads today.

Where did Wally Walker go to college?

University of Virginia

Did Wally Walker play in the NBA?

Walter Frederick Walker (born July 18, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player. He is best known for his National Basketball Association (NBA) career – both as a player and as a front office executive for the Seattle SuperSonics.

Does Wally Walker still work at Kqrs?

He moved back to Minnesota to work at 92.5 KQRS in 1979 and has been a DJ for the classic rock station ever since. You can hear Wally every weekday from 10am to 2pm on KQRS.]

Where is Tom Barnard today?

He and his wife Kathryn Brandt live in Edina, Minnesota.