Tommy Hills
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 22, 1884 Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1963 Woolwich, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Auctioneer/Estate Agent | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eltham BC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Curtis Hills (1884-1963), was an English bowls player who competed in three British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with George Wright.[2][3] The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games. He also competed at the 1938 British Empire Games in the singles, where he finished fourth.
Personal life
[edit]He was an auctioneer and estate agent by trade and married Beatrice Nellie Foster, they lived in Lewisham.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
Categories:
- English male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Bowls players at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- 1884 births
- 1963 deaths
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games