Walter McGuffie
British wrestler
Walter McGuffie (7 December 1916 – 8 April 1996) was a British wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman flyweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
McGuffie was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1949.
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