Sam Gardiner
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Nationality | Canada |
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Born | (1888-09-12)12 September 1888 Sunderland, England |
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Died | 30 June 1968(1968-06-30) (aged 79) North Vancouver, Canada |
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Club | North Vancouver BC |
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Samuel Cooper Gardiner was an English born Canadian international lawn bowler.[1][2]
Bowls career
He won a silver medal in the pairs at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver with Dick Williams[3][4] and was the President of the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club.[5]
Awards
Both he and Dick Williams were inducted into the North Shore Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.[5]
Personal life
He emigrated to Canada at the age of 20.[5]
References