Wayne Walker

Wayne Harrison Walker was born 30 September 1936 in Boise, Idaho. After graduating from Boise High School in 1954 went to the University of Idaho, located in Moscow, where he was a star linebacker. His teammate and roommate at Idaho was Jerry Kramer. They were both taken in NFL draft, with Walker going to Detroit, and Kramer going to Green Bay. Walker played for 15 seasons for Detroit before retiring. He later went into broadcasting, becoming a Sports Director for a San Francisco TV station (KPIX-TV) and was a color commentator for CBS Sports in Football. He moved back to the Boise area in 1994,and retired from broadcasting five years later. In 2007 he was diagnosed with Throat Cancer, which went into remission in 2009.