Editing Doak Walker (section)

{{Short description|American football player (1927–1998)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Doak Walker
| image       = Doak Walker practicing (8679147364) (2) (cropped).jpg
| image_size  =
| alt         = 
| caption     = Walker in 1948
| number      = 37
| position    = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]] <br> [[Placekicker|Kicker]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1927|1|1}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1998|9|27|1927|1|1}}
| death_place = [[Steamboat Springs, Colorado]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 5
| height_in   = 11
| weight_lb   = 173
| high_school = [[Highland Park High School (University Park, Texas)|Highland Park]] <br> ([[University Park, Texas]])
| college     = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] (1945; 1947–1949)
| draftyear   = 1949
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 3
| pastteams   =
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1950|1955}})
| highlights  =
* 2× [[List of NFL champions (1920–1969)|NFL champion]] ([[1952 NFL Championship Game|1952]], [[1953 NFL Championship Game|1953]])
* 4× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1950 All-Pro Team|1950]], [[1951 All-Pro Team|1951]], [[1953 All-Pro Team|1953]], [[1954 All-Pro Team|1954]])
* 5× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1951 Pro Bowl|1950]], [[1952 Pro Bowl|1951]], [[1954 Pro Bowl|1953]]–[[1956 Pro Bowl|1955]])
* 2× [[NFL scoring leader]]  ({{NFL Year|1950}}, {{NFL Year|1955}})
* [[Pride of the Lions]]
* [[Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team]]
* [[Detroit Lions#Lions All-Time Team|Detroit Lions All-Time Team]]
* [[Detroit Lions#Retired numbers|Detroit Lions No. 37]] retired
* [[Heisman Trophy]] (1948)
* [[Maxwell Award]] (1947)
* [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''SN'' Player of the Year]] (1948)
* [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1948 College Football All-America Team|1948]])
* 2× Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1947 College Football All-America Team|1947]], [[1949 College Football All-America Team|1949]])
* 4× First-team All-[[Southwest Conference|SWC]] ([[1945 All-Southwest Conference football team|1945]], [[1947 All-Southwest Conference football team|1947]]–[[1949 All-Southwest Conference football team|1949]])
* [[SMU Mustangs football#Honored jerseys|SMU Mustangs No. 37]] honored
| statlabel1  = Rushing yards
| statvalue1  = 1,520
| statlabel2  = Rushing average
| statvalue2  = 4.9
| statlabel3  = Rushing [[touchdown]]s
| statvalue3  = 12
| statlabel4  = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Receptions]]
| statvalue4  = 152
| statlabel5  = Receiving yards
| statvalue5  = 2,539
| statlabel6  = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6  = 21
| statlabel7  = Points scored
| statvalue7  = 534
| pfr         = W/WalkDo00
| HOF         = doak-walker
| CollegeHOF  = 1657 
}}

'''Ewell Doak Walker II''' (January 1, 1927 – September 27, 1998) was an American [[American football|football]] [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] and [[Placekicker|kicker]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]], winning the [[Maxwell Award]] in 1947 and the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1948. He then played professionally for the [[Detroit Lions]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from 1950 to 1955.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/28/sports/doak-walker-71-standout-in-college-and-pro-football.html |newspaper=New York Times |last=Wallace |first=William N. |title=Doak Walker, 71, standout in college and pro football |date=September 28, 1998 |access-date=December 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=doakwkr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bNBRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6846%2C6519461 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |last=Weller |first=Robert |title=His college's only Heisman winner; played for Detroit Lions |date=September 28, 1998 |page=A14 }}</ref> Walker was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1959 and the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1986. The [[Doak Walker Award]], awarded annually since 1990 to the top [[running back]] in college football, is named after him.