Walter Byron (ice hockey)

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{for|the English actor|Walter Byron (actor)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| halloffame =

| image = Wally Byron, 1920 Olympics.jpg

| image_size = 185px

| alt =

| caption = Walter Byron at the 1920 Olympics.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|9|2}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|22|1894|9|2}}

| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 143

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Right

| played_for = Winnipeg Falcons

| ntl_team = CAN

| career_start = 1914

| career_end = 1932

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1920 Antwerp | Team }}

}}

Jacob Walter "Wally" Byron (Jacob Valdimar Björnsson;{{cite news |title=Íshokkílið Fálkanna og forsvarsmenn |url=https://timarit.is/page/3432589 |access-date=2 February 2020 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=3 February 2002 |page=B4 |language=is}} September 2, 1894 – December 22, 1971) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84529 |title=Walter Byron |work=Olympedia |access-date=29 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://timarit.is/page/2161861 |title=Íþróttir og Vestur-Íslendingar |author=Sigfús Halldórsson |date=11 June 1930 |language=Icelandic|website=timarit.is |publisher=Heimskringla |access-date=17 January 2019 |quote=}}