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Walter Byron

1894 - 1971

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Jacob Walter "Wally" Byron (Jacob Valdimar Björnsson; September 2, 1894 – December 22, 1971) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was the goaltender for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team that won the gold medal. He was born and died in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was of Icelandic descent, son of Björn Bjarnarson Byron and his wife Margrét Kristmannsdóttir. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Byron is the 298th most popular athlete (up from 2,208th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 683rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Byron ranks 298 out of 6,025. Before him are Józef Szmidt, George Kerr, John Paine, Egil Danielsen, Bill Miller, and Juan Carlos Zabala. After him are Larry Black, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Jim Thorpe, Gyula Zsivótzky, Albert Ayat, and Romuald Klim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Walter Byron ranks 132. Before him are David Butler, Vilmos Aba-Novák, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Sofoklis Venizelos, Yury Tynyanov, and Edgar Jung. After him are Carlos Luz, Hermann Muhs, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Willem Schermerhorn, and Mae Marsh. Among people deceased in 1971, Walter Byron ranks 112. Before him are Péter Szondi, Phil Edwards, Lester Germer, Henri Tomasi, Edith Tolkien, and William Tubman. After him are Ignazio Giunti, Frank Loomis, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Bill W., Erik Almlöf, and Viliam Široký.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Walter Byron ranks 232 out of 1,622. Before him are Patricia Churchland (1943), Chris Benoit (1967), Donald Jackson (1940), James Doohan (1920), Daniel Lavoie (1949), and Jon Vickers (1926). After him are Raymond Massey (1896), Garth Hudson (1937), Joe Clark (1939), Hume Cronyn (1911), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), and Elisha Cuthbert (1982).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Walter Byron ranks 8. Before him are Julia (null), Jane Bell (1910), Ethel Smith (1907), Alex Wilson (1905), David Hall (1875), and Douglas Bennett (1918). After him are Earl Thomson (1895), Terry Fox (1958), Betty Taylor (1916), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Doug Rogers (1941), and Peter Kirby (1931).

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