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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 28, 1880 Luton | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1965 Brighton | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Insurance Collector/salesman | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Preston BC (Brighton) | |||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965), was an English bowls player who competed in two British Empire Games. [1]
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with James Edney, James Frith and Albert Hough. [2] He repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games, this time with Robert Slater, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin.
He finished runner-up in the 1929 Men's National Championships. [3] [4]
He was an insurance collector and salesman by trade and lived in Brighton. He married Minnie Rose Hudson. [5]
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