[1] Walsh, a half-forward flanker, started out at St Peters in the Geelong Football League.
[3] The following year he did pre-season training with Geelong but didn't earn a place on their senior list.
[4] He instead played reserves football with Essendon in 1986 and after five games in the two’s was called up into the seniors for the final round of the 1986 fixture against St Kilda at Moorabbin Oval.
[4][5] In Essendon's Panasonic Cup semi-final win over the West Coast Eagles in 1987, Walsh kicked eight goals 6 points which is still a club record for a night series game.
He then returned to the merged successor to his GFL junior club – Geelong West/St Peters – for three seasons before retiring from football.