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| summary= was a professional player.
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|summary=left his legacy on the gridiron and not a baseball diamond. Drafted by the Green Bay Packers out of the University of VIrginia in 1940, Walker would go on to play for six seasons in the NFL and win a championship with the Cleveland Rams in 1945. His son, Walker, was a first-round pick of the San Diego Chargers in 1970. A brother, Turnbull Gillette, spent two seasons with Richmond in the Piedmont League.
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== Notebook ==
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* Source: SSDI; 1982 Alpha Tau Omega Alumni Directory, p. 184
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== Sources ==
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* Brother of minor leaguer Turnball Gillette
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* {{cite-newspaper | title=Graveside Service Set For Grid Star James Gillette Jr. | newspaper=Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch | year=1990 | month=1 | day=10 | pages= | last= | first= }}
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* {{cite-ssdi | ssn=262-28-2044  }}
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* {{cite-book | title=Alpha Tau Omega Alumni Directory | last=| first=| publisher= | city= | year=1982 }}
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* {{cite-web| url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GillJi20.htm | year=2009 | month=12 | day=31 }}
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* {{cite-web| url=http://www.vshfm.com/hall/induct_gillettej.html | year=2009 | month=12 | day=31 }}

Revision as of 02:44, 1 January 2010


Sources

  • "Graveside Service Set For Grid Star James Gillette Jr.". Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, 1990-01-10.
  • Social Security Death Index (SSN: 262-28-2044).
  • Alpha Tau Omega Alumni Directory. 1982.
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