Peter Rheuben
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1931 Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 2014, aged 83 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ryde BC | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Alan Rheuben (1931-2014) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career[]
World Championship[]
Rheuben won the pairs gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston, Victoria with bowls partner Alf Sandercock.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[3]
Commonwealth Games[]
Rheuben represented Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand and the 1982 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the pairs with Denis Dalton.[4]
Personal life[]
He was a company director by trade and also represented Eastwood Rugby Club and New South Wales in rugby union against the British Lions in 1953.[5]
Awards[]
He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[6]
References[]
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ ""Bowls." Times [London, England] 25 Jan. 1980". The Times.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.
Categories:
- Australian male bowls players
- Australian rugby union players
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- 1931 births
- 2014 deaths
- Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games