Peter Rheuben Explained

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]

Bowls career

World Championship

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]

Commonwealth Games

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]

Personal life

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]

Awards

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Newby, Donald. Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. 1987. Telegraph Publications. 0-86367-220-5.
  2. Web site: "Bowls." Times [London, England] 25 Jan. 1980]. The Times.
  3. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
  4. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  5. Book: Warters, Bob. Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. 1984. Key Publishing Ltd.
  6. Web site: Hall of Fame. Bowls Australia.