country article_title formerpartner name
united states walter muehlbronner
 irene maguire walter muehlbronner
walter muehlbronner

walter muehlbronner -lrb- c. 1922 -- 17 november 2005 -rrb- was an american figure skater .
he competed in pairs and ice dance with irene maguire , whom he married in 1951 .
they won national silver medals in both pairs and ice dance in 1949 and 1950 .
the two continued skating as professionals , billed as `` walter and irene '' for 7 years , in the ice follies .
in later years , he settled in philadelphia , working first as a figure skating teacher , then as a skating club manager .
he was president of the professional skaters association for a few years in the early 1970s , and retired from skating in 1990 .
