About: Kenny Walker (American football)

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Kenny Wayne Walker (born April 6, 1967) is a former defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos. The youngest of six children, at the age of two, Walker became profoundly deaf from a bout with meningitis. He is one of only two deaf players in the history of the National Football League. hi (The other, Bonnie Sloan, played in the 1970s.) He emerged as a regular for the Broncos in 1991, playing in all 16 games. The following year, he started in all but one of the team's games, but his career ended after that.

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rdfs:label	Kenny Walker (American football)
rdfs:comment	Kenny Wayne Walker (born April 6, 1967) is a former defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos. The youngest of six children, at the age of two, Walker became profoundly deaf from a bout with meningitis. He is one of only two deaf players in the history of the National Football League. hi (The other, Bonnie Sloan, played in the 1970s.) He emerged as a regular for the Broncos in 1991, playing in all 16 games. The following year, he started in all but one of the team's games, but his career ended after that.
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Birth Date	1967-04-06(xsd:date)
Name	Kenny Walker Walker, Kenny
Date of Death	1996-03-05(xsd:date)
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DraftedYear	1991(xsd:integer)
College	University of Nebraska
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Position	Defensive Lineman
Teams	Denver Broncos
Date of Birth	1967-04-06(xsd:date)
Short Description	American football player
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abstract	Kenny Wayne Walker (born April 6, 1967) is a former defensive lineman for the Denver Broncos. The youngest of six children, at the age of two, Walker became profoundly deaf from a bout with meningitis. He is one of only two deaf players in the history of the National Football League. hi (The other, Bonnie Sloan, played in the 1970s.) Walker starred at the University of Nebraska, playing in the Senior Bowl in January 1991. At his final home game at Nebraska, the capacity crowd showed their appreciation for Walker by signing "applause" to him in unison. Three months after the Senior Bowl, the Broncos selected him in the eighth round (200th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft. He emerged as a regular for the Broncos in 1991, playing in all 16 games. The following year, he started in all but one of the team's games, but his career ended after that. Walker published an autobiography “Roar of Silence: The Kenny Walker Story” in 1998, and also has a chapter dedicated to him in the book "Great Deaf Americans."

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