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Bill McGuirk, North East athletics stalwart and AW contributor, dies at 85
Bill McGuirk, the longtime North East athletics official, writer and Athletics Weekly contributor, died Friday, Oct. 9, at age 85 after more than 60 years in the sport. A former Saltwell Harriers runner who clocked 1:53.8 for 880 yards, he became the Chronicle's athletics correspondent, helped re-found a Wallsend club in 1975, and served as English Cross Country Association president from 2016.
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