Robbie Robson
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hugh Herbert John Robson 2 November 1918 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Died | 17 April 1996 (aged 77) Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Sport | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Tokoroa Bowling Club |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Singles champion (1974) Fours champion (1956) |
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Hugh Herbert John "Robbie" Robson (2 November 1918 – 17 April 1996) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, he won the men's pairs gold medal partnering Bob McDonald. Eight years later he won the silver medal again with McDonald in the pairs at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.[1]
A member of the Tokoroa Bowling Club, Robson won the New Zealand national fours title in 1956 and the singles title in 1974.[2]
Robson died in Hamilton on 17 April 1996.[3]
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External links
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Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1996 deaths
- New Zealand male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Wellington City
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls
- New Zealand bowls biography stubs