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| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||
| Born | 1898 Wales | |||||||||||
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| Club | North Vancouver BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard L Williams was a Welsh born Canadian international lawn bowler.
Bowls career
He won a silver medal in the pairs at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver with Sam Gardiner and was the President of the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club.
Awards
Both he and Sam Gardiner were inducted into the North Shore Sports Hall of Fame in 1968.
Personal life
He emigrated to Canada at the age of 15.
References
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1968 Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - Dick Williams and Sam Gardiner". North Vancouver Recreation and Culture.
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- Canadian male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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- British emigrants to Canada
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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