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National team
  
Canada

Career start
  
1936

Playing career
  
1936–1940

Career end
  
1940


Name
  
Walter Monson

Position
  
Centerman

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Played for
  
Harringay Racers

Born
  
November 29, 1908 Winnipeg, MB, CAN (
1908-11-29
)

Died
  
January 9, 1988, Winnipeg, Canada

Walter George "Wally, Pop" Monson (November 29, 1908 – January 9, 1988) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.

In 1932 he was a member of the Winnipeg Hockey Club, which won the Olympic gold medal for Canada. He played all six matches and scored seven goals.

After playing amateur ice hockey with the Saint John Beavers and the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets, Monson went to the United Kingdom to play professional ice hockey with the Harringay Racers between 1936 and 1940. After World War II, Monson returned to Winnipeg where he coached the Winnipeg Monarchs to the Memorial Cup in 1946.

He was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1955.

Awards and achievements

  • Olympic Gold Metalist (1932)
  • MJHL First All-Star Team Coach (1953)
  • Inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1955
  • “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
  • References

    Walter Monson Wikipedia