Birth Date: | 2 September 1894 |
Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 143 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Right |
Played For: | Winnipeg Falcons |
Ntl Team: | CAN |
Career Start: | 1914 |
Career End: | 1932 |
Jacob Walter "Wally" Byron (Jacob Valdimar Björnsson;[1] September 2, 1894 - December 22, 1971) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2] 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.[3] [1]