# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-lindrum
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:32.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-lindrum"
name: "Walter Lindrum"
slug: "walter-lindrum"
description: "Walter Albert Lindrum, often known as Wally Lindrum, was an Australian professional player of English billiards who held the World Professional Billiards Championship from 1933 until his retirement in 1950. Being the first Lindrum born in Western Australia, he was named Walter Albert to have the initials of the state where he was born. He was one of the most successful players ever seen in billiards, with 57 world records to his credit, some of which still stand."
tagline: "Australian billiards player (1898–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Lindrum_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1898-08-29"
deathDate: "1960-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.78
  momentum:             0.4794520547945205
  historical:           5.02754
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lindrum"
    title: "Walter Lindrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lindrum"
    title: "Walter Lindrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lindrum"
    title: "Walter Lindrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Линдрум, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%83%E5%B0%94%E7%89%B9%C2%B7%E6%9E%97%E5%BE%B7%E5%8B%92%E5%A7%86"
    title: "沃尔特·林德勒姆"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2078505"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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