| By Walton | |
| Alma Mater: | University of Mississippi |
| Player Years1: | 1910–1912 |
| Player Team1: | Ole Miss |
| Player Positions: | Center
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| Coach Years1: | 1911–1912 |
| Coach Team1: | Ole Miss |
| Awards: | All-Southern football player (1911) |
Byron S. "By" Walton was an American college football player, track star, and basketball player and coach at the University of Mississippi.
Walton attended Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
He stood 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds.
Walton was a prominent end for the Ole Miss Rebels football team. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869–1919 era team.[2]
He was selected All-Southern in 1911.[3] [4] [5] He once stripped Ray Morrison of Vanderbilt 10 yards short of the goal. Heisman describes Walton: "This chap weighs 180 stripped, is fast as a deer, willing as a shepherd dog, strong as an ox, and has the judgment of a football player. Against Mercer and Vanderbilt he was simply invulnerable; nothing could get around his end. And when it came to getting down the field and nailing his man under punts he proved himself a perfect demon."[5]
He played center and was captain and coach of the basketball team in 1911–1912.
Walton also attended the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1917 Walton was appointed by the Fosdick Commission to direct Army camp athletics in Syracuse, New York.[6]