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William McDonald

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William S McDonald, known as Spence, was a Canadian international lawn bowls player who lived from 1885 until 20 April 1938. He competed at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, where he won the silver medal in the singles event. By trade he was a druggist, and he travelled to the 1934 Games with his wife Margaret. The couple had four children, of whom the son William Frost McDonald lived from 1914 to 1957, and his medal from the 1934 Games is still held by his only granddaughter.

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Birth Year
1885 1
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1 1
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Lawn bowls, Sports
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was a Canadian international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.
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    At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the singles event.
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    was a Canadian international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.
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