Norman King, born on 7 August 1914 and died around December 1997, was an English international lawn bowler. He won a gold medal in the fours, with Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward and Peter Line, at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing. He also won two Commonwealth Games medals: a gold for the England team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and a gold in the pairs with Peter Line at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Bowling for Parliament Hill, he won the National Championship singles title in 1957. By trade he was an agent and salesman, and he took up bowls in 1942 during wartime holidays.
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was an English international lawn bowler.
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he won the National Championship singles title in 1957
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was an English international lawn bowler.
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was an English international lawn bowler.
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King won a gold medal in the fours with Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward and Peter Line at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.
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He also won two Commonwealth Games medals
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