[8] His senior career involved a wide range of teams and competitions over fourteen years (1932 to 1945).
[12] He played in the last three home-and-away matches of the 1934 season for the Firsts, was best on the ground for the team that won the 1934 VFL Seconds Grand Final,[13] was released before the 1935 season began,[14] and cleared back to Preston.
[16] In 1938 he was cleared from Preston to play with General Motors-Holdens in the Saturday Morning Football League.
[19] On 17 April 1940 he was cleared from Preston to the Moe Football Club,[20] where he had been appointed captain-coach.
Walsh served in the Royal Australian Air Force (from 15 January 1942 to 30 November 1945) during World War II.