Walter Roland Young (September 14, 1916 – January 9, 1945) was an American professional football player who later served in World War II.

[6][7] As the NFL season approached, he played for Wallace Wade's Western All-Army football team;[8] he suffered an injury in an exhibition against the Washington Redskins but returned in time for the following week's game against the Chicago Cardinals.

[1][11] On January 9, 1945, Waddy's Wagon was returning from a bombing mission on the Nakajima Aircraft Company in Musashino, Tokyo, when Young spotted a B-29 piloted by friend and 1st Lt. Ben Crowell from Crew A-6 with severe damage from a kamikaze attack.

[15] While living in New York City and playing professional football prior to America's entry into World War II, he met Maggie Moody, a well-known blonde model who attended Oklahoma A&M, and the two fell in love.

During halftime of a Brooklyn-New York Giants game in which he was playing, Young had the public address announcer voice his proposal to Maggie, who was sitting in the stands, and the two were later married.