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Alfred Langford

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Alfred Alexander Langford was a Canadian international lawn bowls player, born on 16 August 1873 and died on 23 March 1970. He helped set up the Canadian Lawn Bowling Association in April 1932 and served as the first Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Ontario association, later becoming its Life President. At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the pairs event with William Hutchinson. By trade he was a merchant, and he stayed at the Strand Hotel during the Games with most of the other Canadian bowlers and travelled to the event with his wife Lezetta.

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1873 1
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    Alfred Alexander Langford (16 August 1873
  • Bowls career, 1934 pairs silver
    At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the pairs event with William Hutchinson.
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    was a Canadian international lawn bowls player
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, 1934 Games
    At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the pairs event with William Hutchinson.
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