Drummond Walker

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Drummond Walker
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Lightweight
ClubDenny & Dunipace AAC

Drummond Walker was a wrestler who competed for Scotland at the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Walker was the 1931 welterweight champion of Scotland [1] and was a member of the Denny and Dunipace Amateur Athletic Club. [2] After winning the 1934 Scottish title he was selected for the Empire Games. [3]

Walker represented the 1934 Scottish team, [4] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, in the lightweight division of the wrestling competition. [5]

After the games, Walker continued to westle in exhibitions and in 1938 was appointed coach of the Cumbernauld Fomer Pupils Athletic Club. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Jottings of the Week" . Falkirk Herald. 21 May 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Successful meeting at Cliftonhill" . Coatbridge Express. 25 May 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Denny for Empire Games" . Callander Advertiser. 9 June 1934. p. 7. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Scotland London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wrestling Concluded" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 10 August 1934. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Cumbernauld" . Falkirk Herald. 19 March 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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