Arthur Franklin Walker (born 9 September 1941) is a retired American triple jumper, who participated at the Olympic Games in Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972.

He was the best American triple jumper in the end of the 1960s, won four consecutive Mt.

He took part at the 1965 Summer Universiade in Budapest, ending at 5th place.

[1] After winning three national championships, he lost by a whisker the bronze medal in the exciting triple jump event at 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where despite a jump of 17.12 m (56 ft 2 in) - up to two days before the world record stood to 17.03 m (55 ft 10+1⁄4 in) - he ended only at the fourth place, behind the Italian jumper Giuseppe Gentile.

[3] He took part also at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, ending at 29th place.