Cliff Stroud
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| Nationality |  England | |||||||||||||
| Born | 7 November 1920 Tottenham, London, England, U.K. | |||||||||||||
| Died | 23 April 2015 (aged 94) | |||||||||||||
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Cliff R. Stroud (7 November 1920 – 23 April 2015) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career[]
Stroud started bowling in 1954 for the Trowbridge Westbourne club in Wiltshire (outdoors) and the Christie Miller club (indoors).[1]
He was an England international from 1967-1972 and won the gold medal in the fours at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Peter Line, Ted Hayward and Norman King.[2] [3]
He also represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in the fours event.[4] [5]
Personal life[]
He took up bowls aged 12 for the Tottenham Somerford BC. Stroud was a company director and general manager by trade and in 2015.[1] [6]
Stroud died in April 2015 at the age of 94.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b "Bowls column: Moonrakers will never forget their England star Cliff Stroud". Somerset Live.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Ochyra, Sue (27 May 2015). "Cliff Stroud – 7th November 1915 to 23rd April 2015". Bowls Wiltshire. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 2015 deaths
- English male bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England