# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-byron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:04:39.492Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-byron"
name: "Walter Byron"
slug: "walter-byron"
description: "Jacob Walter \"Wally\" Byron 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."
tagline: "Canadian ice hockey player (1894-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wally_Byron%2C_1920_Olympics.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1894-09-02"
deathDate: "1971-12-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.76
  momentum:             2.013888888888889
  historical:           14.406228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "沃尔特·拜伦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "والتر بايرون (لاعب هوكي جليد)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron_(Eishockeyspieler)"
    title: "Walter Byron (Eishockeyspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron_(ice_hockey)"
    title: "Walter Byron (ice hockey)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر بایرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron_(hockey_sur_glace)"
    title: "Walter Byron (hockey sur glace)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Byron"
    title: "Wally Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウォルター・バイロン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_(%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Байрон, Уолтер (хоккеист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Byron"
    title: "Walter Byron"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump