Norman King (bowls)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 7 August 1914 Sunderland, England |
| Died | c. December 1997 (aged 83) Bedford, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Mansfield Parliament Hill |
Medal record | |
Norman King (7 August 1914 – c. December 1997) was an English international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]King won a gold medal in the fours with Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward and Peter Line at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2]
He also won two Commonwealth Games medals; a gold in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff[3] and another gold in the pairs with Peter Line at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4][5][6]
He won the National Championship title in 1957.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]He was an agent and salesman by trade and took up bowls in 1942 during wartime holidays.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Norman King Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "Splendid tribute to bowler". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.
- ^ "Bowls". Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Middlesex Bowls King". Daily Herald. 24 August 1957. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1997 deaths
- English male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Bowls World Champions
- Bowls players at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportsmen