Willie McQueen was a Scottish international lawn and indoor and indoor bowler.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Scotland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bowls |
| Club | Dalserf BC Blantyre Miners’ Welfare IBC |
Medal record | |
Bowls career
editHe won a silver medal in the triples, a silver medal in the fours and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[2] He was capped 69 times outdoors for Scotland from 1967 until 1989.[3]
Awards
editMcQueen bowled indoors for the Blantyre Miners’ Welfare Indoor Bowling Club and was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Indoor Bowls Hall of Fame in 2016.[4]
He was given the nickname 'Machine McQueen' by the legendary David Bryant due to his resilience on the bowling greens.
References
edit- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Seven sacrificed in bid to stop rot". The Herald.
- ^ "Blantyre Miners' Welfare Indoor Bowling receive top honours". Daily Record.
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