Karl Beacom

Karl John David Beacom, who lived from 12 July 1938 to 10 September 2015, was a Canadian international lawn bowler. He took part in the first World Bowls Championship, held in 1966 at Kyeemagh in New South Wales, Australia, where he won a silver medal in the triples as part of a Canadian trio with John Henderson and Sandy Houston. That 1966 event, the opening edition of the championship that later became a four-yearly world title for national bowls teams, is the achievement the English-language reference record preserves for him, and it places him among the earliest Canadians to win a medal at a world level in the sport of lawn bowls.