What is Wayne Walker?
'''Wayne Harrison Walker''' (September 30, 1936 – May 19, 2017) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player and [[Sportscaster|sports broadcaster]]. He was born in [[Boise, Idaho]]. Walker played fifteen seasons with the [[Detroit Lions]] of the [[National Football League]], as a [[linebacker]] and [[placekicker]] from 1958 through 1972. Walker played in 200 regular season games, the second most for a defensive player at the time.<ref name=figwwrtr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HrBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3zIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3067,3780920|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |title=Former Idaho great, Wayne Walker, retires |agency=Associated Press |date=January 19, 1973 |page=21}}</ref> He played in three [[Pro Bowl]]s and was thrice selected as a first-team All-NFL player. After the [[1972 Detroit Lions season|1972]] season, he retired as a player and was a sports broadcaster for [[NFL on CBS|CBS]] and the [[sports director]] for [[KPIX-TV]] in [[San Francisco]] from 1974 to 1994. Walker was a weekend sportscaster during the off-season during his later years as a Detroit Lion. In December 1999, Walker was ninth on the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' list of greatest sports figures from Idaho.<ref name=sivfgrtid>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1999/12/27/8113599/the-50-greatest-sports-figures-from-idaho |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=The 50 greatest sports figures from Idaho |date=December 27, 1999 |access-date=April 16, 2016}}</ref> Walker was diagnosed with [[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]] in June 2007 and lost {{convert|60|lb|0}} after [[chemotherapy]] and radiation treatment. In 2015, he was diagnosed with [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/10/29/former-kpix-sports-director-wayne-walker-suffering-from-parkinsons-linked-to-nfl-career/ |title=Former KPIX 5 sports director Wayne Walker suffering from Parkinson’s linked to NFL career |publisher=KPIX-TV |location=(San Francisco)|date=October 29, 2015