Pete Skoglund
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Thomas Theodorus "Pete" Skoglund is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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At the 1950 British Empire Games
1950 British Empire Games
The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth edition of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between the 4th and 11th of February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games...
in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates John Englebretson
John Englebretson
John Englebretson is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates Noel Jolly, Fred Russell and Pete Skoglund.-References:...
, Noel Jolly
Noel Jolly
Noel Jolly is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates John Englebretson, Fred Russell and Pete Skoglund.-References:...
and Fred Russell
Fred Russell (bowls)
Fred Russell is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates John Englebretson, Noel Jolly and Pete Skoglund.-References:...
. Skolgund also competed in the following 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 30 July-7 August 1954. These were the first games since the name change from British Empire Games took effect in 1952....
in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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He is a brother of politician and cabinet minister Philip Skoglund
Philip Skoglund
Philip Oscar Selwyn Skoglund was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a cabinet minister.He represented the Palmerston North electorate from 1954 to 1960 when he was defeated by William Henry Brown....
, whose son Phil Skoglund
Phil Skoglund
Philip Charles "Phil" Skoglund is a New Zealand lawn bowls player from Palmerston North.He was awarded an OBE in 1990, and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He was the youngest National singles champion at 20, in 1958...
is a champion lawn bowls player.
Books
- Skoglund, Pete (1966) 'Mr Bowls' - The Pete Skoglund Story, A H & A W Reed, Wellington, New Zealand