points, which ranked third in Lions history at the time of his retirement (currently ninth). As a placekicker, Walker converted 53 of 131 field goal attempts for a 40.5% success rate, the lowest field goal percentage in NFL history. He attempted 13 field goals of 50+ yards in his career, and missed them all. On extra points, he converted 172 of 175 attempts for a 98.3% success rate. Broadcasting career After his retirement from the NFL, Walker was the sports director for KPIX-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco, for 20 years, from 1974 to 1994, where he succeeded Barry Tompkins. He was also a sports commentator for the San Francisco 49ers' radio broadcasts for over 20 years, and a commentator on Oakland Athletics baseball broadcasts from 1976 to 1980 and in 1985. During the 1979 season, when the struggling A's lost 108 games, he teamed up with fellow southern Idahoan Harmon Killebrew. Walker was also a color commentator on regional NFL games for several years on CBS, working many games with Tom Brookshier, who moved from color commentary to play-by-play beginning in 1981. Later years Walker and his wife Sylvia returned to the Boise area in 1994, and he began hosting Incredible Idaho, a half-hour outdoor show on Boise's NBC affiliate, KTVB-TV. In 1999, he retired from broadcasting. In December of that year, Walker was ninth on the Sports Illustrated list of greatest sports figures from Idaho. Diagnosed with throat cancer in June 2007, Walker lost after chemotherapy and radiation treatment. As of 2009, he was healthy again and had regained most of the lost weight. In October 2015, Walker announced that he was suffering from Parkinson's disease, possibly as a result of the many concussions he suffered during his playing days. He died on May 19, 2017, from complications from Parkinson's disease. References External links Detroit Lions – Wayne Walker University of Idaho Athletics: Hall of Fame – Wayne Walker 1936 births 2017 deaths Detroit Lions players Idaho Vandals football players American football linebackers American football placekickers Major League Baseball broadcasters National Football League announcers Oakland Athletics announcers Sportspeople from Boise, Idaho San Francisco 49ers announcers Television anchors from San Francisco Western Conference Pro Bowl players Players of American football from Idaho College football announcers Neurological disease deaths in Idaho Deaths from Parkinson's disease