John Dobbie (bowls)

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John Dobbie
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born(1914-08-03)3 August 1914
Died19 October 2005(2005-10-19) (aged 91)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubGlenferrie Hill BC
and Victoria
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Kyeemagh triples
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1966 Kyeemagh fours
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Kyeemagh team

John Dobbie (1914-2005) was an Australian international lawn bowler. [1]

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Bowls career

Dobbie started bowling in 1934 for the Glenferrie Hill Bowls Club. He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a gold medal in the triples with Don Collins and Athol Johnston and a silver in the fours. [3] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

He was club champion 11 times of which his first win in 1947 was against his father in the final. [4]

Family

His father was Frank Dobbie who won the 1927 & 1931 singles titles at the Australian National Bowls Championships when bowling for the City of Camberwell Bowls Club. [5]

He died in 2005. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Australian Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  6. ↑ "John Dobbie - Australian bowls legend dies". The Bowls Network.
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