Wilfred Gladstone "Wilf" Talbot (June 3, 1897 – November 4, 1946) was a Canadian professional

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goaltender. He played with the

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of the

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in the 1921–22 season. He also played two seasons in the

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with the Edmonton Hustlers and the Edmonton Dominions. He died in 1946 at Victoria, British Columbia of an accidental gunshot wound to the chest. He was 49. Wilf Talbot's younger brother Peter Thomas "Pete" Talbot (born January 31, 1899) was also an ice hockey goaltender in Edmonton, between 1914–1917, but died in

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on May 23, 1918 at an age of 19.''Edmonton Bulletin'', May 31, 1918, pg. 9

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