Wally Halder
Walter Edwin " Wally " Halder ( born September 15, 1925 in Toronto, Ontario, † October 27, 1994 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 he won the gold medal as a member of the Canadian national team.
Career
Wally Halder started his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Junior Hockey Association, in which he described the Universitiy of Toronto Varssitiy Blues was active at one year for the Toronto Young Rangers, and then from 1938 to 1940. He then joined the Toronto Tip Top Taylors, for which he stood from 1940 to 1943 in the Toronto Hockey League ( Tohl ) on the ice. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy. For the military crew Toronto Navy, he completed a total of five games. After his time in the military, he played one year in parallel for the Tip Top Tailors as well as the team of the University of Toronto. At Trinity College, University of Toronto, he took his degree in 1946. In the 1946/47 season the Canadians played for the Toronto Barker in the Toronto Hockey League. This season, he was named most valuable player of the Tohl. Therefore, he received an offer for the RCAF Flyers to play with which he represented Canada in 1948 at the Olympic Winter Games. From 1949 to 1951 he worked as an ice hockey coach at the University of Toronto.
Internationally
For Canada Halder took part in the Winter Olympics 1948 in St. Moritz, where he won the gold medal with his team. In eight games, he scored 29 points scorer, including 21 goals, which he was the top scorer of Canada.