Honors The basketball award at Providence is called the Jimmy Walker Most Valuable Player Award. In 2008, Providence honored Walker's number with The Friar Legends Forever Tradition. Jalen Rose hosted the Providence Late Night Event in 2014. References External links New York Times Career Stats N.Y. Times Obituary for Jimmy Walker 1944 births 2007 deaths African-American basketball players All-American college men's basketball players Basketball players from Virginia Deaths from lung cancer in Missouri Detroit Pistons draft picks Detroit Pistons players Houston Rockets players Kansas City Kings players National Basketball Association All-Stars People from Amherst, Virginia Providence Friars men's basketball players Shooting guards Basketball players from Boston Basketball players from Kansas City, Missouri American men's basketball players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people