Doak Walker, the 1948 Heisman Trophy winner who starred on two NFL championship teams with the Detroit Lions and was paralyzed in a skiing accident earlier this year, died Sunday at 71.

He died in 1998 from injuries suffered in a skiing accident. (Ben Torres / Special Contributor) UNIVERSITY PARK — Doak Walker had been walking for only a few months when he got his hands on a ...

The Doak Walker Award was first presented in 1990 and the list of past winners includes Colorado’s Rashaan Salaam in 1994. Boulder County coroner identifies girl who died in Monday crash ...