Maurice Letchford (August 27, 1908 – August 15, 1965) was a Canadian

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. He was born in

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and lived in

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. He was Olympic bronze medalist in

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in 1928, welterweight class, after losing to Lloyd Appleton in the semifinal, and winning the bronze medal match. Letchford became a

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in 1932 and competed through the late 1940s. He was a well-known performer in Canada, Britain, and the United States. He later became a wrestling promoter in Canada and South Africa.

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* * https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=2659 1908 births 1965 deaths Martial artists from Pretoria Olympic wrestlers for Canada Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Canadian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics South African emigrants to Canada Canadian male professional wrestlers Sport wrestlers from Quebec Anglophone Quebec people 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub