| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| Birth Date: | November 6, 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Death Place: | Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1931 |
| Career End: | 1940 |
Walter Gerard Buswell (November 6, 1907 — October 16, 1991), was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1932 and 1940 for the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.
Complexe Walter-Buswell, a building with two hockey rinks in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada, is named after Buswell.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1929–30 | Montreal CPR | MRTHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Montreal St. Francis Xavier | MCHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | Chicago Shamrocks | AHA | 48 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1932–33 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 46 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1933–34 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1934–35 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1936–37 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 44 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1937–38 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 48 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 46 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1939–40 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1940–41 | Joliette Cyclones | QPHL | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 368 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 164 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||