Local Attraction

ID: 2776 ~ Source: Radford Sr., Garry H. “[Advertisement for Kansas City Monarch and Indianapolis Clowns Game, 1950].” In African-American Heritage in Waco, Texas, 237. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 2000.
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Local Attraction

George T. Walker spent the waning years of his career with the Kansas City Monarchs and proved to be a draw for the hometown Waco crowd whenever he was in town. After his career ended in the early 1950s, Walker returned to Waco where he lived until his death on August 19, 1967. He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery.

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