Alfred Langford

Alfred Alexander Langford (16 August 1873 – 23 March 1970), was a Canadian international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1][2]

Alfred Langford
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born(1873-08-16)August 16, 1873
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 23, 1970(1970-03-23) (aged 96)
Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
OccupationMerchant
Sport
SportLawn bowls
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing Canada
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1934 LondonPairs

Bowls career

Langford was active in helping set up the Canadian Lawn Bowling Association in April 1932. He was the first Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Onatario Association and later became the Life President.[3]

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the pairs event with William Hutchinson.[4][5][6]

Personal life

He was a merchant by trade. He was resident at the Strand Hotel during the Games along with the most of the other Canadian bowlers and travelled to the event with his wife Lezetta.[7]

References
  1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 490.
  4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  5. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  6. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  7. "UK, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 19 July 1934 Southampton Arrivals". Ancestry.co.uk.
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