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2 results for DOAK from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Tue Apr 11, 2006	11D	1940's-50's football legend ___ Walker	Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon	Shortz
Tue Mar 20, 2001	31D	Football Hall-of-Famer ___ Walker	Peter Abide	Shortz

2 results for DOAK from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jul 4, 1977	23D	Walker of football fame	Dorothy Cannan	Maleska
Mon Nov 23, 1970	37A	Ex-gridman Walker	Unknown	Weng

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