Charlie Clawson
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 1901 Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 1975 (aged 73) Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Shaftesbury BC | ||||||||||||||
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Charles Clawson (10 March 1901 – February 1975) was a Lawn bowls international from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games).[1]
Biography
Clawson represented the 1934 Northern Irish Team[2] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, participating in the rinks (fours) event with Cecil Curran, George Watson and Percy Watson[3] and won the silver medal.[4][5]
He bowled for the Shaftesbury Bowls Club in Belfast and was honorary secretary of the club.[6] He was the Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Bowling Association from 1933-1954.[7][8] The pairs cup at the Irish National Bowls Championships is named after him.[7]
He was twice National pairs champion with Cecil Curran in 1932 and 1939.[9][10]
Clawson continued his administration duties within bowls and in 1968 was the Chairman of the British Isles Council.[11]
He died in February 1975 at his home in Deramore Avenue in Belfast.[12][13]
References
- ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ↑ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games medallists - Bowls". GRB Athletics.
- ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Bowling Notes". Ireland's Saturday Night. 21 June 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ↑ "Past Officials". Northern Ireland Bowling Association.
- ↑ "Previous Winners". Irish Bowling Association.
- ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ↑ "Great Bowling Season". Ireland's Saturday Night. 21 September 1968. p. 14. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bowling loses great servant". Belfast News-Letter. 14 February 1975. p. 15. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Mr Personality of bowls dies". Belfast Telegraph. 13 February 1975. p. 26. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.