Walter Goodwin Staley, Jr. (October 20, 1932 – October 10, 2010) was an American

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: * Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...

who competed at the

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1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

and

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

. In 1952 he won a bronze medal in the three-day team event in

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. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Mexico, Missouri.

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Walter Staley Jr.

Three-time Olympic equestrian Walter Staley dies
1932 births 2010 deaths American male equestrians Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in equestrian Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in equestrian Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Equestrians at the 1955 Pan American Games Equestrians at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub