Fred Walker Maysville’s Bulldog

       The Human Highlight Reel, Fred Walker

By Ron Bailey

 If you ever had the privilege to watch Fred Walker play, you would shake your head and say, “How did he do that”. Fred Walker was a human highlight reel, with his baseline moves or his one-handed rebounds. Fred played three years for the Maysville Bulldogs from his sophomore year in 1971 to his senior year in 1973. Fred scored 324 points his sophomore year andfollowed that up with 491 in his junior year and his senior year of 1973 he poured in 815. Fred finished fifth on the Bulldogs all-time scoring list with 1630 points. When you check the Maysville, record books for the most points in a single game, you will find Fred Walker at the top of that list as he scored 43 points in a game in 1973. The list of the top ten highest points scored by a Bulldog finds Fred on that list three times. Fred had the complete game as his rebounds with those huge hands would amaze the crowd. He was comfortable handling the ball in traffic or posting up on the blocks. Fred would have rocked the house if dunking was legal, but it was against the rules to dunk in high school during Fred’s playing days. He still would soar above the rim and lay it in. After Fred graduated from Maysville, he took his skills to play for Wayne Martin at Pikeville. Fred scored over 1000 points in his college career and the Bears averaged 26 wins a season during his playing days at Pikeville. Fred Walker was inducted into the Pikeville Hall of Fame in 1989. I know it is hard to compare players from different eras, but I believe Fred Walker would be on everyone’s short list. Fred “Bubbles” Walker was a force in his day and his name should be listed among the best from our area.