sentences:  Playing in the grand final in his first season in 1961, Walker kicked 5.5, including the decisive goal, and went on to play in winning grand finals in the next two seasons.He is the only player to have won four Sandover Medals, although his 1970 medal, which had previously been lost on countback to Pat Dalton, was awarded retrospectively by Westar Rules in 1997.Walker had to be coaxed into playing again for each of three seasons after 1965 owing to his farm work and managing a Midland Junction hotel, but it was in this period that Walker reached his peak for a Swan Districts team that was struggling severely owing to the lack of ruckmen of even moderate ability.