Wally Halder

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Member of gold medal RCAF Flyers at the 1948 Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland
• Revised rules on amateur status forced the last-minute creation of this squad, comprised of 17 Air Force and ex-Air Force players
• Yet at only the fifth Olympic Winter Games ever, the Flyers reeled off six straight victories before registering a scoreless tie with heavily-favoured Czechoslovakia
• In their final game against the host Swiss team, a win by two or more goals ensured the team a gold medal
• In a hostile environment, the Flyers rode 22-year-old goaltender Murray Dowey to a 3-0 shutout win
• The team was inducted into the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame in 1971
• The team was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 2008
• At the base in Trenton, Ont., the rink is named the “RCAF Flyers Arena”