Position: Shortstop Bats: right Throws: right

Walter Lundy was raised alongside a brother and five sisters. Mom supported his baseball fever - always making sure that he and his childhood friend and fellow NLB Living Legend Sam Allen were enrolled in the same summer baseball camps. At Booker T. Washington H. S., Walt made great use of his talent by playing for the baseball, basketball, and football teams. Walters coach was also his history teacher. John Christian was a well respected man whose demand for performance was supported by a high level of encouragement.

Before Lundy even finished high school, he had the Dodgers and the Pirate Organizations both expressing an interest in his baseball future. He ended up with the Chicago White Sox farm system in Hollywood, Florida. As Walt traveled the southern states by bus with this predominately white team, he was directed to enter restaurants through the back entrance and remain in the kitchen to eat. Walter had a way of seeing through the ignorance to discover the blessings beyond - as most of the kitchen staff happened to be black; Walter ate to his hearts content!

Walt always imagined that traveling the country with a Negro Leagues Baseball team would be somehow glorious, something he'd enjoy. Barnstorming the countryside by bus with the Indianapolis Clowns however turned out to be quite a different story. Little did he know that life on the road was laced with challenges. In many towns, racial discrimination presented conditions that forced Walt and his teammates to eat on the bus, change their clothes on the bus, and often times sleep on the bus. This was the routine for the entire season. Walt took the experiences with a grain of salt realizing that this was a hard life to live.

Just to watch Satchel Paige pitch, let alone play on the same field with him, was a tremendous experience. Lundy admits that his opportunity to play against Satch would certainly rank as one of the highlights of his entire career.

Walter had been sent a contract to return to the Clowns in 1958, but his plans to continue his baseball were derailed by a notice from Uncle Sam. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Mr. Lundy married in June of 1958. Upon leaving the military, Walter left his field of dreams and pursued a career as a longshoreman.