Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australia |
Born | 3 August 1914 |
Died | 19 October 2005 | (aged 91)
Sport | |
Sport | Lawn bowls |
Club | Glenferrie Hill BC and Victoria |
Medal record |
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] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
He was club champion 11 times of which his first win in 1947 was against his father in the final.[4]
His father was Frank Dobbie who won the 1927 & 1931 singles titles at the Australian National Bowls Championships when bowling for the City of Camberwell Bowls Club.[5]
He died in 2005.[6]