Clive Forrester Explained

Clive Forrester
Birth Date:3 September 1911
Birth Place:Maunie, Illinois
Death Place:Sun City, Arizona
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:San Francisco BC

Clive Forrester (1911-1992), was a United States international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

He won a gold medal in the triples with Bill Miller and Dick Folkins at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He also won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

He won two US National titles, the singles in 1970 and pairs in 1969.[3]

Personal life

He was a postal worker by trade and started bowling in 1957 and was elected to the A.L.B.A when the Pacific Mountain Division was formed.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: In Memoriam. Bowls USA.
  2. Web site: Clive Forrester Profile. Bowls tawa. 2016-12-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20160321051838/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2359. 2016-03-21. dead.
  3. Web site: U.S. National Bowls Champions. Bowls USA.
  4. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.