Bill Whittaker | |
Birth Name: | William Whittaker |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1883 |
Birth Place: | Atherton, Lancashire, England |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Builder |
Country: | New Zealand |
Sport: | Lawn bowls |
Club: | Onehunga Bowling Club |
Nationals: | Men's fours champion (1940) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
William Whittaker (26 December 1883 – 13 August 1980) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.[1]
At the 1938 Commonwealth Games in Sydney he was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal; with Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury and Alec Robertson.[2] [3]
He won the 1940 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club.[4]