Wal is a male given name and nickname. It is the Australian diminutive for Walter, Wallace, and Wally.

People using this name include:

Persons

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Sportspeople

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  • Wally Carr (1954–2019; aka Wal Carr), Aboriginal Australian professional boxer
  • Wal Chisholm (1915–2005), Newzealander-Australian athlete
  • Wal Fall (born 1992), German soccer player
  • Wal Handley (1902–1941), British motorcycle racer
  • Wal Ives (1906–1983), Australian rugby union footballer
  • Wal Lambert (1916–1993), Australian rower
  • Wal Mackney (1905–1975), Australian rugger and rower
  • Wal Phillips (1908–1998), British motorcycle racer
  • Wal Rigney (1898–1965), Australian rugby union footballer
  • Wal Wallace, pro-wrestler ring name of Pierre Carl Ouellet (born 1967)
  • Wal Walmsley (1916–1978), Australian cricketer
  • Wal Chuol (2006) High School Basketball player

Australian-rules football players

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  • Wal Alexander (1923–1995), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Allan (fl. 1920s), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Armour (1921–1995), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Burleigh (1886–1948), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Dudley (1918–1978), Australian-rules footballer and cricketer
  • Wal Gillard (1874–1931), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Gunnyon (1895–1972), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Heron (1875–1936), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Jenkins (1897–1978), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Johnson (1913–1999), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal McGrath (1910–1999), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal McKenzie (1879–1931), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Matthews (1894–1973), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Riddington (1893–1954), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Rogers (1889–1965), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Romari (1907–1962), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Smallhorn (1881–1968), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Warren (1876–1942), Australian-rules footballer
  • Wal Williams (1904–1982), Australian-rules footballer

Others

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Fictional characters

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  • Wallace Cadwallader "Wal" Footrot, the main character in the Footrot Flats comic strip
  • Wal Rus, a Marvel Comics character, a fictional anthropomorphic walrus

See also

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