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Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Walker in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| United States Ambassador to the Bahamas | |||||||||||||||
Presumptive nominee | |||||||||||||||
| Assuming office TBD | |||||||||||||||
| President | Donald Trump | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeding | Kimberly Furnish (Chargé d'Affaires) | ||||||||||||||
| Co-chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports | |||||||||||||||
| In office 2019–2020 Serving with Misty May-Treanor and
Mariano Rivera | |||||||||||||||
| President | Donald Trump | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dominique Dawes Drew Brees | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Elena Delle Donne José Andrés[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Herschel Junior Walker 3 March 1962 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Republican | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Cindy DeAngelis Grossman
(m. 1983; div. 2002)Julie Blanchard (m. 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 (including Christian Walker | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Georgia (BS)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Awards | Full list | ||||||||||||||
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American football career | |||||||||||||||
| No. 34 | |||||||||||||||
| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born: | March 3, 1962 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school: | Johnson County (Wrightsville, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Georgia (1980–1982) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 5 / pick: 114 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
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| Martial arts career | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Division | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 76 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Team | American Kickboxing Academy | ||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Bob Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 5th degree black belt in Taekwondo[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| By knockout | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||||||||||||||
Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American politician and former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. Off the field, he was the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia, and is the presumptive nominee for United States Ambassador to the Bahamas in President-elect Donald Trump's second term.[4]
Walker played college football at the University of Georgia, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior.[5] He spent the first three seasons of his professional career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL) and was the league's MVP during its final season in 1985. After the USFL folded, Walker joined the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, earning consecutive Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro honors from 1987 to 1988. In 1989, Walker was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, which is regarded as one of the most lopsided trades in NFL history and credited with establishing the Cowboys' dynasty of the 1990s. He was later a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants before retiring with the Cowboys. Walker was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
Outside of football, Walker was a member of the United States' bobsleigh team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and pursued business ventures in food processing. From 2019 to 2020, he served as a co-chair on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition under President Donald Trump. Walker launched his first political campaign in Georgia's 2022 Senate election, which he lost to Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.[6]
On December 18, 2024, President-elect Trump announced that he had selected Walker as his nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas.[7]
- ^ https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/presidents-council
- ^ https://www.13wmaz.com/article/sports/college/georgia-bulldogs/georgia-football-legend-herschel-walker-graduates-from-uga-friday/93-3d8697b5-07b8-478e-b6da-c47b7170d1db#
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/12/17/trumps-cabinet-and-key-jobs-herschel-walker-picked-for-ambassador-role/
- ^ "1982 Heisman Trophy". Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ Stahl, Chelsea (December 7, 2022). "Democratic Sen. Warnock defeats Republican Walker in Georgia runoff". NBC News. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ Megerian, Chris (December 17, 2024). "Former RB Herschel Walker picked as Bahamas ambassador". Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
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