Maurice Letchford (August 27, 1908 – August 15, 1965) was a Canadian wrestler. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa and lived in Montreal, Canada. He was Olympic bronze medalist in freestyle wrestling in 1928, welterweight class, after losing to

Lloyd Appleton Lloyd Otto Appleton (February 1, 1906 – March 17, 1999) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ...

in the semifinal, and winning the bronze medal match. Letchford became a professional wrestler 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 Sportspeople 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 people {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub