Career
Walby was also a sportscaster with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation"s Canadian Football League on Canadian Broadcasting Company telecasts. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Walby played junior football before earning an athletic scholarship to play college football at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. Following his collegiate career, Walby was drafted in the first round of the 1981 Canadian Football League Draft by the Montreal Alouettes.
Walby played five games on the offensive line for the Larks during the 1981 Canadian Football League season, before being traded to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Foreign the remaining 16 years of this professional football career (1981–1996), Walby was a fixture on the Bombers" offensive line. He is often referred to as one of the greatest offensive linemen in the history of the Canadian Football League. After his football career, Walby ran for a seat in the Manitoba Legislature for the Liberal Party of Manitoba but lost.
He also was involved in various business ventures such as a restaurant called Hog City Bar and Grill. Walby was a sportscaster on the Canadian Broadcasting Company"s Canadian Football League on Canadian Broadcasting Company television broadcasts.
