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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1882 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 June 1970 (aged 87) [1] Bromley, Greater London | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Coal Merchant | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bromley BC (outdoors) Crystal Palace (indoors) | ||||||||||||||
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Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. [2]
He was the champion of Bromley, Kent and England in 1929 [3] and was an English international from 1929 to 1933. [4]
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event. [5] [6] [7]
He was the 1929 singles National Champion. [8] [9]
He was a retired Army Officer [4] and coal merchant by trade. He married Nellie Maud Sands, who joined him in Canada during the Games. [10]