Allan Brodie

Allan Brodie (8 August 1912 – 31 August 1996) was a wrestler who competed for Scotland at the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography Brodie was born in Kilmorich Argyll, Scotland, but moved to Aberdeenshire at the age of 14 and became a ghillie and keeper on the Glen Tanar Estates. Aged 20 he then moved to London to join the Metropolitan Police. He later became a detective-sergeant with the Flying Squad. and was the Scottish light-heavy wrestling champion. at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, and was the Scottish light-heavy wrestling champion.

During World War II he won the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).