Pete Skoglund Explained

Pete Skoglund
Birth Name:Thomas Theodorus Skoglund
Birth Date:25 July 1905
Birth Place:Stratford, New Zealand
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Relatives:Philip Skoglund (brother)
Phil Skoglund (nephew)
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Thomas Theodorus "Pete" Skoglund (25 July 1905 – 2 October 1968) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates Arthur Engebretsen, Noel Jolly and Fred Russell. Skolgund also competed in the same event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, finishing in sixth place.[1]

He was the brother of politician and cabinet minister Philip Skoglund, whose son Phil Skoglund was also a champion lawn bowls player.

Skoglund died in Auckland in 1968 and his ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pete Skoglund . 2013 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 10 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Burial & cremation details . Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium . 10 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041752/http://www.purewa.co.nz/details.asp?id=17684&type=Ashes%20Burial . 4 March 2016 . dead .