Walter Monson
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
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| ntl_team = Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|11|29}}
| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|1|9|1908|11|29}}
| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| career_start = 1936
| career_end = 1940
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{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}
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Walter George "Wally, Pop" Monson (November 29, 1908 – January 9, 1988) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
In 1932 he was a member of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, which won the Olympic gold medal for Canada. He played all six matches and scored seven goals.
After playing amateur ice hockey with the Saint John Beavers and the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets, Monson went to the United Kingdom to play professional ice hockey with the Harringay Racers between 1936 and 1940. After World War II, Monson returned to Winnipeg where he coached the Winnipeg Monarchs to the Memorial Cup in 1946.
He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1955.
Awards and achievements
- Olympic Gold Metalist (1932)
- MJHL First All-Star Team Coach (1953)
- Inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1955
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070308094249/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MONSOWAL01 Walter Monson's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070318010246/http://www.databaseolympics.com/index.htm databaseOlympics.com]
- [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=147 Walter Monson's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
- [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/halloffame/wMonson.html Walter Monson's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080516030537/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/main.htm British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame]
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Category:British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Harringay Racers players
Category:Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Category:Winnipeg Hockey Club players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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