Andrew Walker

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Andrew Walker (footballer)

Andrew Walker (born 18 May 1986) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Andrew has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Yorta Yorta.

He played his early career in country football and represented Bendigo in the TAC Cup before catching the eye of talent scouts.

He was educated at St Joseph's College Echuca and Caulfield Grammar School and graduated in 2004.

AFL career

Walker was taken with Carlton's priority draft pick, the second pick overall, in the 2003 National Draft. Walker was Carlton's only high draft pick in either 2002 or 2003, as the club was stripped of its early selections in those drafts due to salary cap breaches. He was given Carlton champion Stephen Silvagni's guernsey number 1 after its two-year retirement. Andrew was a bottom-aged player in the 2003 Draft, and studied Year 12 – Victorian Certificate of Education – during his debut year, at Caulfield Grammar School.

Andrew Walker (rugby)

Andrew Walker (born 22 November 1973 in Shoalhaven, New South Wales), is an indigenous Australian rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union - a dual code international. Walker was the first dual code international to represent his country at rugby league before representing rugby union.

Hailing from Nowra, Walker began his career as a rugby union player for Randwick, where he played alongside Eddie Jones in their 1991 premiership-winning season. The following season he signed with NSWRL Premiership club St. George Dragons.

Walker played for several NRL clubs including the St George Dragons, Sydney Roosters and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He played in one tour match for the Kangaroos against a Papua New Guinean side. He is known as the first dual-international to switch codes from league to union; 2 years before the more publicised exodus of Wendell Sailor and Mat Rogers.

"One of my all-time favourite players was Andrew Walker. Andrew was a tremendously talented individual who could do almost anything on a football field; except stick to a structure."