Walter Spence
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Canadian and Guyanan swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist (1901–1958)
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It sits within the topics 1901 births, 1958 deaths and 20th-century Canadian sportsmen.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1867
- Works
- 7
Top works
- The Devil and Dan Cooley
- Back to Christ
- Captives in Babylon
- Idylls of the king; a spiritual interpretation
- Lyrics of Jesus
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1927-03-29
- Active to
- 2016-02-06
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Percy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Linden
- Place of death
- White Plains
- Occupation
- swimmer
- Educated at
- Rutgers University
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Member of team
- Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- Country for sport
- Canada
- Image
- Walter Spencer (1928).jpg
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- date of death
- 1958-10-16
- date of birth
- 1901-03-03
- birth name
- Walter Percy Spence
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- railway accident
- Commons category
- Walter Spence (swimmer)
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Commonwealth Games
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swimming at the Summer Olympics
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Categories
1901 births1958 deaths20th-century Canadian sportsmenAccidental deaths in New York (state)Canadian male breaststroke swimmersCanadian male freestyle swimmersCanadian sportspeople of Guyanese descentCommonwealth Games silver medallists for British GuianaCommonwealth Games silver medallists in swimmingExpatriate swimmers in the United StatesGuyanese emigrants to the United StatesGuyanese male swimmersGuyanese people of Scottish descentIndo-Guyanese peopleMedalists at the 1928 Summer OlympicsMedallists at the 1938 British Empire GamesOlympic bronze medalists for CanadaOlympic bronze medalists in swimmingOlympic swimmers for CanadaPeople from Hawthorne, New YorkPeople from Linden, GuyanaRailway accident deaths in the United StatesRutgers Scarlet Knights men's swimmersSportspeople from Westchester County, New York