Pete Skoglund

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Name Pete Skoglund

Birth name Thomas Theodore Skoglund Born 25 July 1905 ( 1905-07-25 ) Stratford, New Zealand Died 2 October 1968(1968-10-02) (aged 63)Auckland, New Zealand Spouse(s) Phoebe White (m. 1928; wid. 1968)

Pete skoglund swiss echo yodel c 1952

Thomas Theodorus "Pete" Skoglund (25 July 1905 – 2 October 1968) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates John Englebretson, Noel Jolly and Fred Russell. Skolgund also competed in the same event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, finishing in sixth place.

He was the brother of politician and cabinet minister Philip Skoglund, whose son Phil Skoglund was also a champion lawn bowls player.

Skoglund died in Auckland in 1968 and his ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.

Skoglund, Pete (1966) 'Mr Bowls' - The Pete Skoglund Story, A H & A W Reed, Wellington, New Zealand

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