Fred Biggin
English international lawn bowls player
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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1869-02-16)16 February 1869 Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
Died | 30 September 1968(1968-09-30) (aged 99) London | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Temple BC | ||||||||||||||
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Frederick Biggin (16 February 1869 – 30 September 1968), was an English international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1][2]
Bowls career
At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks/fours event with Robert Slater, Ernie Gudgeon and Percy Tomlinson.[3][4][5]
He was the Surrey singles champion and was a member of the Temple Bowls Club.
Personal life
He worked in Insurance by trade and lived at 108 Cheviot Road, West Norwood.[6]
References
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "England and Wales Register 1939, Lambeth". Ancestry.co.uk.
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