Ernie Gudgeon
English bowls player
Personal information | |
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Nationality | England |
Born | (1880-10-28)October 28, 1880 Luton |
Died | 1965 Brighton |
Occupation | Insurance Collector/salesman |
Sport | |
Sport | Lawn bowls |
Club | Preston BC (Brighton) |
Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965), was an English bowls player who competed in two British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with James Edney, James Frith and Albert Hough.[2] He repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games, this time with Robert Slater, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin.
He finished runner-up in the 1929 Men's National Championships.[3]
Personal life
He was an insurance collector and salesman by trade and lived in Brighton. He married Minnie Rose Hudson.[4]