Dennis Gilligan

Dennis Gilligan was a wrestler who competed for England.

Biography

While at the Manco AWC in Stretford, Gilligan represented the England team in the -57 Kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.
Gilligan was a member of the Manchester YMCA Wrestling Club and the Barton Athletic Club and was three times British Bantamweight champion in 1965, 1967 and 1968 at the British Wrestling Championships.
Dennis Gilligan died in June 2019, at the age of 88.