Dick Folkins Explained

Dick Folkins
Birth Date:	12 March 1917
Birth Place:	San Bernardino, California
Death Place:	Orange, California
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Arroyo Seco Bowling Club

Richard Wilson Folkins (1917-1987), was a United States international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

He won a gold medal in the triples with Bill Miller and Clive Forrester at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.^[1] He also won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

Folkins won a silver medal in the 1976 World Outdoor Championships in Johannesburg with his bowls partner Neil McInnes.^[2]

In addition he won fourteen US Open titles.^[3]

Personal life

He was a highway planning engineer by trade.^[4] He died in 1987.^[5] He was married to fellow international bowler Corinna Folkins.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dick Folkins Profile. Bowls tawa.
2. Book: Warters, Bob. Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. 1984. Key Publishing Ltd.
3. Web site: Profile. LA Times.
4. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
5. Web site: obituary. Bowls USA.