Don Collins (bowls)

Don Collins
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born 1927
(2010-06-26)26 June 2010
Sport
Club Grange & Salisbury BC's
and South Australia
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
1966 Kyeemagh triples
1966 Kyeemagh fours

Don Collins (born 1927-2010) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

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 Athol Johnson and John Dobbie and a silver medal in the fours.[3]

He was inducted into the South Australian Hall of Fame in 2012 two years after his death in 2010.[4]


References

  1. ↑ "Australian Men's Representative Caps" (PDF). Bowls Australia.
  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. ↑ "Australian Men's Representative Caps". Bowls Australia.
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