Bobby Walden
Robert Earl Walden
Born: March 9, 1938
Boston, GA USA
Deceased: August 27, 2018
Bainbridge, GA
Position: P
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
College: Georgia
High School: Cairo (GA)
Career: 1961-1977
Drafted: 1961 in Round 4, #32 overall (AFL) by the Houston Oilers
Bobby Walden played from 1961 to 1977 during his career with the Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. Walden punted 1099 times with a 42.2 yard average over his career.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 108.3 |
| 1972 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 109.7 |
| CFL | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | ||
| NFL | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 82 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 20 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 45 | 185 | 4.1 | 24 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 29 | 157 | 5.4 | 19 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 45 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CFL | 82 | 364 | 4.4 | 24 | 0 | |
| NFL | 14 | 126 | 9.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Totals | 96 | 490 | 5.1 | 45 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 36 | 513 | 14.2 | 29 | 6 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 33 | 441 | 13.4 | 32 | 3 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 37 | 0 |
| CFL | 74 | 992 | 13.4 | 37 | 9 | |
| Totals | 74 | 992 | 13.4 | 37 | 9 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | PS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 63 | 2953 | 46.9 | 79 | 7 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 40 | 1946 | 48.6 | 74 | 5 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 9 | 398 | 44.2 | 55 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 13 | 543 | 41.8 | 59 | 1 |
| 1964 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 72 | 3341 | 46.4 | 73 | |
| 1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 51 | 2146 | 42.1 | 61 | |
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 60 | 2463 | 41.0 | 70 | |
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 75 | 3117 | 41.6 | 76 | |
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 68 | 2745 | 40.4 | 57 | |
| 1969 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 77 | 3254 | 42.3 | 61 | |
| 1970 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 75 | 3393 | 45.2 | 66 | |
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 79 | 3455 | 43.7 | 57 | |
| 1972 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 65 | 2846 | 43.8 | 72 | |
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 62 | 2548 | 41.1 | 57 | |
| 1974 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 78 | 3040 | 39.0 | 65 | |
| 1975 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 69 | 2717 | 39.4 | 67 | |
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 76 | 2982 | 39.2 | 58 | |
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 67 | 2482 | 37.0 | 65 | |
| CFL | 125 | 5840 | 46.7 | 79 | 13 | |
| NFL | 974 | 40529 | 41.6 | 76 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1099 | 46369 | 42.2 | 79 | 13 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 40 | 280 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 25 | 172 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
| CFL | 74 | 480 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Totals | 74 | 480 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 16 | 487 | 30.4 | 57 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | 348 | 24.9 | 69 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 28 | 0 |
| CFL | 32 | 889 | 27.8 | 69 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 889 | 27.8 | 69 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| CFL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1971 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 7 | -43 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -43 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1961 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | ||||||
| 1962 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | |||||
| 1963 | CFL Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| CFL | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
| Totals | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 11 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | |
| 1963 | CFL | Edmonton Eskimos | 2 | |
| 1964 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 0 |
Honors
1975 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
