Walter Gerard Buswell (November 6, 1907 – October 16, 1991), was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League between 1932 and 1940 for the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens.

Complexe Walter-Buswell, a building with two hockey rinks in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada, is named after Buswell.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

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| 1929–30

| Montreal CPR

| MRTHL

| — || — || — || — || —

| — || — || — || — || —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1930–31

| Montreal St. Francis Xavier

| MCHL

| — || — || — || — || —

| — || — || — || — || —

|-

| 1931–32

| Chicago Shamrocks

| AHA

| 48 || 9 || 5 || 14 || 39

| 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1932–33

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 46 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 16

| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4

|-

| 1933–34

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 47 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 8

| 9 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1934–35

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 47 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 32

| — || — || — || — || —

|-

| 1934–35

| Detroit Olympics

| IHL

| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

| — || — || — || — || —

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1935–36

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 44 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 34

| — || — || — || — || —

|-

| 1936–37

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 44 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 30

| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1937–38

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 48 || 2 || 15 || 17 || 24

| 3 || 0 || 0 | 0 || 0

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| 1938–39

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 46 || 3 || 7 || 10 || 10

| 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2

|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1939–40

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 46 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 10

| — || — || — || — || —

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| 1940–41

| Joliette Cyclones

| QPHL

| 12 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 2

| 3 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 4

|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 368 !! 10 !! 40 !! 50 !! 164

! 24 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 10

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