Ernie Gudgeon

Ernie Gudgeon
Personal information
Nationality  England
Born (1880-10-28)October 28, 1880
Luton
Died 1965
Brighton
Occupation Insurance Collector/salesman
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls

Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965), was an English bowls player who competed in two British Empire Games.[1]

Bowls career

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.

Personal Life

He was an insurance collector and salesman by trade and lived in Brighton. He married Minnie Rose Hudson.[3]

References

  1. ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.
  2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  3. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
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