Stanley Gilligan (1928 – 9 April 2020) was a wrestler who competed for England.

Stan Gilligan
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1928 (1928)
Salford, England
Died (aged 91)
Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England

Wrestling career

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Gilligan was a member of the Barton Athletic Club and was a British Welterweight champion. He retired after the 1968 season[1]

Gillian represented England in the -68 kg division at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3]

Personal life and death

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His son Joey Gilligan and his brother Dennis Gilligan were also England international wrestlers.

Stan Gilligan died from COVID-19 in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, on 9 April 2020, at the age of 91.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Round the Amateur World" (PDF). Wrestling Archive.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Stanley Gilligan". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 October 2021.