William Tate

William "Billy" Tate lived from 7 January 1918 to 5 March 1977 and was an international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland. He won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, alongside John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon, and represented Northern Ireland again at the 1974 Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he competed in the pairs event with Billy Pimley. He was also part of the fours team that finished fourth, just missing a medal, at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. In 1963 he won the Irish National Bowls Championships singles, and in 1964 he won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships.