Michael Quigley blew the scales off IQ tests and kung fu competitions and also served as a criminal lawyer.
Quigley was from Montreal and studied law at McGill while also practicing martial arts at the highest levels.
He had a kung fu gym in Old Montreal where he worked with West End Gang toughs Danny Neeson and Brian Forget, among others.
On one occasion Quigley found himself confronted by West End Gang hangaround Chuckie Mitchell.
Quigley, according to the still-cited yarn, managed to disarm Mitchell only to have Mitchell pull out a second gun, forcing Quigley to that weapon away too. Or something like that.
Quigley had old fashioned views about the secrecy of kung fu and opted against pursuing certain opportunities, as he believed doing so might violate the code of silence practiced within the martial art.
Quigley's area of law was outside of Quebec's Civil Code law, which led him to practice criminal law in Toronto. On at least one occasion he was given permission to work on a Quebec case, notably one involving a kidnapping involing the Griffin brothers of aforementioned West End Gang fame.
He died in December of a longstanding cancer.