Norman King (bowls)

Norman King (7 August 1914 – c. December 1997) was an English international lawn bowler.[1]

Norman King
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1914-08-07)7 August 1914
Sunderland, England, U.K.
Diedc. December 1997 (aged 83)
Bedford, England, U.K.
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubMansfield
Parliament Hill
Medal record
Representing England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Worthing fours
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardifffours
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburghpairs

Bowls career

He 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 and another gold in the pairs with Peter Line at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[3][4]

He won the National Championship title in 1957.[5]

Personal life

He was an agent and salesman by trade and took up bowls in 1942 during wartime holidays.[6]

References
  1. "Norman King Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  5. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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