Walter Arthur Reginald Mackney (28 July 1905 – 4 October 1975) was an Australian representative rugby player and rower.
[2] With his father away at war, Mackney left school aged 13 and took a job as a timber-cutter in the Dorrigo timber camps.
[5] In 1936 the Police Club's eight dominated the Sydney racing season, the New South Wales state titles and won the Henley-on-Yarra event.
[6] They were selected in toto as Australia's men's eight to compete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with their attendance funded by the NSW Police Federation.
[6] Wal's son Kim Mackney was also an Australian Olympian rower who competed at Munich 1972.