- Deaf in his right ear.
- National spokesman for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
- Autobiography "On Family, Hockey and Healing" is the basis of Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005).
- In his book, "Gretzky: From Backyard Rink to the Stanley Cup" (with Jim Taylor; July 1985), he recounted how he recognized Wayne's prodigious skills and shaped him into the most prolific scorer in hockey history.
- November 21, 2001: Added to Brantford's Walk of Fame, an honour not even Wayne has gotten.
- Major Junior A Roller Hockey League play for the Walter Gretzky Cup.
- 1996 Brantford Citizen of the Year.
- Appeared in a Sharp ViewCam Camcorder commericial with Wayne and Wayne's son, Ty.
- Endorses Esporta Wash Systems Inc. of Kelowna, British Columbia, which makes a revolutionary sports equipment washing system.
- He was the son of Pauline Maria (Khodenetsky) and Terentiy/Tony Lavrentievich Gritzko/Gretzky. His father was from Grodno/Hrodna, now Belarus. His mother was from Panovychi/Podhajce, now Ukraine.
- Bell Canada telephone repairman for 34 years.
- Collects broken and discarded hockey sticks in the Brantford area and turns them over to the W. Ross Macdonald School for the blind and visually impaired, who make them into benches.
- Suffered near-fatal brain aneurysm while working at his family's farm in Canning. Has only short-term memory. Most of his memories from the early 70s through the mid-90s have been wiped out. His physical therapist, Ian Kohler, married Walter's daughter, Kim, on 23 August 1995. (October 13, 1991)
- Father of Wayne Gretzky, Kim (b. 12 May 1963), Keith (b. 16 February 1967), Glen Gretzky, and Brent Gretzky. Grandfather of Tristan Gretzky, Trevor Gretzky, Ty Gretzky, Paulina Gretzky, and Emma Gretzky.
- Brother Albert announced he is running for MP on the Conservative Party ticket, representing London West. The election is slated for 23 January 2006 (April 2005).
- Suffered a fractured skull while working as a lineman for Bell Canada in 1961, leaving him in a coma and deaf in his right ear. He was transferred to another department after getting off disability.
- Was portrayed by Tom McCamus in the film about his stroke rehabilitation, Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005).
- Father-in-law of Janet Jones.
- Great-grandson Tatum Gretzky Johnson born on January 19, 2015 to grand-daughter Paulina and pro golfer Dustin Johnson.
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