Bill Whittaker (bowls)
 Whittaker (left), as a member of the Onehunga four that won the men's fours title at the 1940 New Zealand national lawn bowls championships | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | William Whittaker | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1883 Atherton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 1980 (aged 96) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Builder | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Caldwell
(m. 1907; died 1977) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Onehunga Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Men's fours champion (1940) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Whittaker (26 December 1883 – 13 August 1980) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]At the 1938 Commonwealth Games in Sydney he was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal; with Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury and Alec Robertson.[2] [3]
He won the 1940 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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