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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/athletes">Athletes</a></li><li class="active">Walter Brown</li> </ol> <div class='athlete_header'> <div> <h1> Walter Brown </h1> <form action='/athlete_merges/1202427/edit' class='form-inline' method='get'> </form> </div> </div> <div class='athlete_bio'> <div class='athlete_photo_bio'> <a href='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/1202427.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='Photo of Walter Brown'> <img class='photo' src='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/1202427.jpg'> </a> <div> <h2> Biographical information </h2> <table class='biodata'> <tr><th>Roles</th><td>Referee • Administrator</td></tr> <tr><th>Sex</th><td>Male</td></tr> <tr><th>Full name</th><td>Walter Anton•Brown</td></tr> <tr><th>Used name</th><td>Walter•Brown</td></tr> <tr><th>Born</th><td>10 February 1905 in <a href="/place_names/32698">Hopkinton, Massachusetts (USA)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>Died</th><td>7 September 1964</td></tr> <tr><th>NOC</th><td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" /> <a href="/countries/USA">United States</a></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Organization roles</h2> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th>Role</th> <th>Organization</th> <th>Tenure</th> <th>NOC</th> <th>As</th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td>President</td> <td><a href="/organizations/130"> International Ice Hockey Federation </a></td> <td>1954—1957</td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td> <td>Walter Brown</td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <h2>Referee</h2> <table class='table table-striped'> <thead> <tr> <th>Games</th> <th>Sport (Discipline) / Event</th> <th>NOC / Team</th> <th>Phase</th> <th>Unit</th> <th>Role</th> <th>As</th> <th></th> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/32">1936 Winter Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/IHO">Ice Hockey</a> (<a href="/sport_groups/IH">Ice Hockey</a>)</td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Walter Brown</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20084">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group A</td> <td>Germany — Hungary</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20085">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group A</td> <td>Great Britain — Canada</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20087">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group A</td> <td>Germany — Great Britain</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20088">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group A</td> <td>Great Britain — Hungary</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20089">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group A</td> <td>Canada — Germany</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20094">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group B</td> <td>United States — Austria</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20095">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group B</td> <td>Czechoslovakia — Austria</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20109">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group B</td> <td>Germany — Switzerland</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20110">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group B</td> <td>Switzerland — Italy</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20113">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group C</td> <td>Hungary — France</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20116">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group C</td> <td>Czechoslovakia — Hungary</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20117">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group C</td> <td>Czechoslovakia — France</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20121">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Group D</td> <td>Great Britain — Japan</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/33">1948 Winter Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/IHO">Ice Hockey</a> (<a href="/sport_groups/IH">Ice Hockey</a>)</td> <td><a href="/countries/USA"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/USA.png" />USA</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Walter Brown</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20126">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Round-Robin</td> <td>Canada — Sweden</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20130">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Round-Robin</td> <td>Czechoslovakia — Sweden</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/20136">Ice Hockey, Men</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td></td> <td>Round-Robin</td> <td>Switzerland — Austria</td> <td>Referee</td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a 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