Walter Lawrence "Pud" Kitchen (December 18, 1912 – July 18, 1988) was a

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player who competed in the

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. As owner of the horse Hail To Patsy, he won the 1969 Kentucky Oaks at

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.Walter Kitchen at Sports Reference
/ref> Kitchen was a member of the 1936

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, which won the silver medal for

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. In 1987 he was inducted into the

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as a member of that Olympic team.

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1912 births 1988 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Toronto Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Canada Toronto Marlboros players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub