Personal information | |
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Nationality | England |
Born | Sunderland, England, U.K. | 7 August 1914
Died | c. December 1997 (aged 83) Bedford, England, U.K. |
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]
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]
He was an agent and salesman by trade and took up bowls in 1942 during wartime holidays. [6]