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Don Woolnough

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Donald Adrian Woolnough, known as Don Woolnough, lived from 1920 to 2003 and was an Australian international lawn bowler. At the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg he won a silver medal in the fours with Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter and Keith Poole, a bronze medal in the pairs with Bob Middleton and a bronze medal in the team event, the Leonard Cup. He later coached the Australian bowls team at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1995 Australia Day Honours for service to lawn bowls and the Australian Sports Medal in 2000, and he was inducted posthumously into the Australian Hall of Fame in 2015.

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1920 1
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Donald Adrian Woolnough (1920–2003) was an Australian international lawn bowler.
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    Donald Adrian Woolnough (1920-2003) was an Australian international lawn bowler.
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Bowls career, World Championships
    Woolnough won a silver medal in the fours with Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter and Keith Poole, a bronze medal in the pairs with Bob Middleton and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Cup) at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
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