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Walter Byron

1894 - 1971

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Jacob Walter "Wally" Byron (Jacob Valdimar Björnsson; September 2, 1894 – December 22, 1971) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Byron has received more than 14,957 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Byron is the 976th most popular athlete (down from 800th in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from Canada (down from 475th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Byron ranks 976 out of 3,059. Before him are Kaarlo Kangasniemi, Anastasiya Kuzmina, Jafar Salmasi, Ervin Mészáros, Fritz Schwab, and William Hogenson. After him are Leni Schmidt, Émile Fisseux, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vilmos Varjú, Arne Halse, and Yoshinobu Miyake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Walter Byron ranks 218. Before him are Oliver Leese, Ben Nicholson, Bo Ekelund, Roger Vercel, Alfred Romer, and Lois Wilson. After him are ZaSu Pitts, Norman Kerry, Kazimierz Wierzyński, Tommy Green, Peter Warlock, and Robert Benson. Among people deceased in 1971, Walter Byron ranks 188. Before him are Jadwiga Smosarska, Ciro Verratti, Hugo Black, Stuart Holmes, Earl Thomson, and Chesty Puller. After him are Georgy Babakin, Kono Yasui, Leo Burnett, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Jimmy Gallagher, and Charles Pahud de Mortanges.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Walter Byron ranks 486 out of 1,350. Before him are Earl Thomson (1895), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Harriet Brooks (1876), Jacob Viner (1892), Brett Hull (1964), and Garth Hudson (1937). After him are Gil Bellows (1967), Wendy Crewson (1956), Shannon Tweed (1957), Leslie Hope (1965), Devin Townsend (1972), and Charles Tupper (1821).

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Among ATHLETES In Canada

Among athletes born in Canada, Walter Byron ranks 9. Before him are Percy Williams (1908), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Étienne Desmarteau (1873), David Hall (1875), Alex Wilson (1905), and Earl Thomson (1895). After him are Jane Bell (1910), Donald Arnold (1935), Edward Archibald (1884), Harry Watson (1898), Hilda Strike (1910), and Robert Benson (1894).

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