Walter S. Trumbull was an American sportswriter in the 20th century.

He resided in Newtown, Connecticut

Newtown, Connecticut

Newtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 27,560 at the 2010 census. Newtown was founded in 1705 and incorporated in 1711.-Government:...

. He attended Trinity College

Trinity College (Connecticut)

Trinity College is a private, liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut after Yale University. The college enrolls 2,300 students and has been coeducational since 1969. Trinity offers 38 majors and 26 minors, and has...

, where he excelled as a member of the football team, playing nearly every position at one time or another.

He was a nationally-syndicated sports columnist, appearing in a variety of publications. He worked as sports editor of the New York Sun.

He died in 1961.