William Campbell (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 1939 (aged 60) Stirling, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Commission Agent | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Stirling BC | ||||||||||||||
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William Campbell (1878 – July 1939) was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1][2]
Bowls career
Campbell was a member of the Stirling Bowls Club.[3]
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the rinks (fours) event with David Fraser, John Orr and Canadian Tom Chambers who joined the team following the death of original team member John Kennedy.[4][5]
He died at his home at 27 Millar Place in Stirling during July 1939.[6]
Personal life
He was a Commission Agent by trade and lived in Miller Place, Stirling.[7]
References
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Empire Games". Edinburgh Evening News. 29 September 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Scots International Dead". Northern Whig. 10 July 1939. Retrieved 27 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "UK, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 2 Aug 1930 Greenock". Ancestry.co.uk.