John Dobbie (bowls)

John Dobbie
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1914-08-03)3 August 1914
Died 19 October 2005(2005-10-19) (aged 91)
Sport
Club Glenferrie Hill BC
and Victoria
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
1966 Kyeemagh triples
1966 Kyeemagh fours

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

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]

Dobbie died in 2005.[4]


References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Australian Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14.
  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. ↑ "John Dobbie - Australian bowls legend dies". The Bowls Network.
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