Dave Crocker (lawn bowler)

David Crocker, known as Dave Crocker, was an England international lawn bowler who lived from 1938 to 1998. He rose to national prominence in 1971, when he won the National pairs title with Denis Cross, and in the same year he took the Kent singles, pairs and triples titles. The following year he won the British Isles pairs and was capped by England for the first time, and in the indoor season of 1972 he won the EIBA and British Isles pairs. He represented England in the fours event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. Away from the green he managed a gas board conversion unit, and he first played bowls for the Metrogas Bowls Club in 1961.