Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | John Arthur Engebretsen | ||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | 1 March 1892||||||||||||||
Died | 16 October 1956 New Zealand | (aged 64)||||||||||||||
Occupation | Schoolteacher | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Katherine Jack Nicol
(m. 1914; died 1951) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Napier Bowling Club Heretaunga Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Singles champion (1935) Fours champion (1945) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Arthur Engebretsen (1 March 1892 – 16 October 1956) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player, who won a bronze medal for his country at the 1950 British Empire Games.