John Henderson (bowls)
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| Nationality |  Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1908 Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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John Henderson (c. 1908 – after 1976)[1] was a Canadian international lawn bowler.[2]
He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 as captain[3] and won a silver medal in the triples with Karl Beacom and Sandy Houston at the event.[4] He was vice-president of the Canadian Lawn Bowls Council and was elected President of the International Bowling Board in 1976.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Canada Scores Win In Bowling". Ottawa Journal. October 12, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Schnobb, Marcel (August 26, 1976). "Politics on greens". Ottawa Journal. p. 22. Retrieved April 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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