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Walter Gretzky | Wayne’s Father

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High school: Paris, Ontario

Walter Gretzky is a Canadian who is best known as the father of ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.
  • Born in 1938 in Canning, Ontario
  • Attended high school in Paris, Ontario

 

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