Peter Rheuben | |
Birth Date: | 1931 |
Birth Place: | Sydney |
Death Date: | 4 April 2014, aged 83 |
Sport: | Lawn bowls |
Club: | Ryde BC |
Peter Alan Rheuben (1931-2014) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]
Rheuben won the pairs gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston, Victoria with bowls partner Alf Sandercock.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[3]
Rheuben represented Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand and the 1982 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal in the pairs with Denis Dalton.[4]
He was a company director by trade and also represented Eastwood Rugby Club and New South Wales in rugby union against the British Lions in 1953.[5]
He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[6]