Wallace Booth
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c.1941[1] Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | Light-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Milton WC, Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
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Wallace Booth (1941–2023) was an international wrestler from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal.
Biography
Booth was a member of a well-known Aberdeen sporting family. His brother Ashley Booth played football for St Johnstone and East Fife and another brother Sandy was a golfer.[2]
Booth moved from Aberdeen to Lancashire and began wrestling in 1961, finishing runner-up in his first event at the Lancashire Championships. He then won the British light-heavyweight Championship.[1] He became the British champion for the second time in April 1966 but this time at middleweight and was chosen as the captain of the Scottish wrestling team.[2]
Booth represented the Scotland team[3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in 90kg light-heavyweight category,[4] and won a silver medal.[5]
Shortly after the Games, he won a silver medal at the 1966 Highland games.[6] In 1967 he lived in Milnes Avenue in Leigh and represented the Bolton team.[7]
Booth won four British titles in total (1964, 1966, 1967 and 1969).[8]
References
- ^ a b "Mrs Booth has reason to be proud of her sons". Aberdeen Evening Express. 4 June 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Aberdeen man for Empire Games". Aberdeen Evening Express. 30 April 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "McGregor to captain Scotland's Empire Games team". The Scotsman. 13 June 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 17 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Wallace Booth second again". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 13 August 1966. p. 35. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wallace Booth second again". Aberdeen Evening Express. 22 August 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Tops Again". Newton and Earlestown Guardian. 26 January 1967. p. 12. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "British Champions – Past & Present" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 17 December 2025.