Edward Slann Kishere (10 August 1872 – 3 December 1947), also known as Dick Walker, was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

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and Carlton in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of William John Slann Kishere (1830-1871), and Jane Elizabeth Kishere (1842-1919), née Clydesdale, later Mrs. William Charles Walker (1846-1922), whom she married on 2 September 1874, Edward Slann Kishere was born at

, Victoria, on 10 August 1872. He married Isabel Sarah Cottrill (1875-1961) on 7 January 1903.Marriages: Kishere—Cottrill, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 7 February 1903), p.5.
/ref> They had two children.

Football

Known as "Dick", he played his entire career as "Dick Walker": i.e., using the family name of his mother's second husband, whom she married when he was just 2 years old.

Geelong (VFA)

He played in 25 matches (scoring 5 goals) for the Geelong team that played in the VFA from 1893 to 1896.

Geelong (VFL)

He played in 14 matches (scoring 10 goals) for the Geelong team that played in the VFL in 1898.

Carlton (VFL)

He played in 11 matches (scoring 7 goals) for the Carlton team that played in the VFL in 1899.

After football

From 1818 to 1925, as "Mr. E.S. Kishere", he was the proprietor of the Annears Furnishing Warehouse in Ryrie Street, Geelong.

Death

He died in a Geelong hospital on 3 December 1947.Deaths: Kishere, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 4 December 1947), p.13.
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