Philip Charles SkoglundOBE (20 June 1937 – 8 May 2015) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player, and part of New Zealand's greatest lawn bowls family dynasty.
He was the youngest New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles champion at 20, in 1958. He competed in five World Championships (1966, 1972, 1980, 1984 & 1988), winning a gold medal (triples 1988), two silver medals (fours 1984 & 1988) and three bronzes (pairs 1980, fours 1980, triples 1984) He competed in five Commonwealth Games, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1990 (not 1986 because of a sport-wide dispute over amateurism). He played indifferently in the singles in 1970, hence has been mainly lead in the pairs and fours skip, despite being National singles champion 1970, 1971, 1972 (and in 1958 & 1966). He won a Commonwealth Games bronze in pairs 1974 and in fours 1990; and a silver in fours, 1978.[1]
His son Philip Skoglund junior played for New Zealand at the 1992 World Bowls and the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Philip Skoglund junior and his brother Raymond Skoglund won the National Pairs in 1999, where Philip junior was also runner-up in the National Singles. Together they were second in the National Fours with their father and Brett O'Riley in 1991.
Personal lifeEdit
Skoglund was a transport company manager and was married to Carol. He died in Palmerston North in 2015.[5]
phil, skoglund, philip, charles, skoglund, june, 1937, 2015, zealand, lawn, bowls, player, part, zealand, greatest, lawn, bowls, family, dynasty, obepersonal, informationbirth, namephilip, charles, skoglundborn, 1937, june, 1937palmerston, north, zealanddied8,. Philip Charles Skoglund OBE 20 June 1937 8 May 2015 was a New Zealand lawn bowls player and part of New Zealand s greatest lawn bowls family dynasty Phil SkoglundOBEPersonal informationBirth namePhilip Charles SkoglundBorn 1937 06 20 20 June 1937Palmerston North New ZealandDied8 May 2015 2015 05 08 aged 77 Palmerston North New ZealandYears active1958 2015RelativesPhilip Skoglund father Pete Skoglund uncle SportSportBowlsClubNorthernMedal record Representing New ZealandCommonwealth Games1978 Edmonton Fours1974 Christchurch Pairs1990 Auckland FoursWorld Outdoor Championships1984 Aberdeen Men s fours1988 Auckland Men s triples Contents 1 Early life 2 Bowls career 3 Family 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksEarly life EditBorn in 1937 at Palmerston North he was the son of politician and cabinet minister Philip Oscar Skoglund and nephew of champion lawn bowls player Pete Skoglund Bowls career EditHe was the youngest New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles champion at 20 in 1958 He competed in five World Championships 1966 1972 1980 1984 amp 1988 winning a gold medal triples 1988 two silver medals fours 1984 amp 1988 and three bronzes pairs 1980 fours 1980 triples 1984 He competed in five Commonwealth Games 1970 1974 1978 1982 and 1990 not 1986 because of a sport wide dispute over amateurism He played indifferently in the singles in 1970 hence has been mainly lead in the pairs and fours skip despite being National singles champion 1970 1971 1972 and in 1958 amp 1966 He won a Commonwealth Games bronze in pairs 1974 and in fours 1990 and a silver in fours 1978 1 Skoglund was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1988 Queen s Birthday Honours for services to bowls 2 and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 3 In 2013 Skoglund was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame 4 Family EditHis son Philip Skoglund junior played for New Zealand at the 1992 World Bowls and the 1994 Commonwealth Games Philip Skoglund junior and his brother Raymond Skoglund won the National Pairs in 1999 where Philip junior was also runner up in the National Singles Together they were second in the National Fours with their father and Brett O Riley in 1991 Personal life EditSkoglund was a transport company manager and was married to Carol He died in Palmerston North in 2015 5 References Edit Phil PC Skoglund Bowls Tawa No 51367 The London Gazette 3rd supplement 11 June 1988 p 34 Manawatu Legends of Sport 2007 Phil Skoglund OBE Archived 22 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Sport Manawatu Retrieved 25 January 2013 Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration Bowls New Zealand 2013 Archived from the original on 22 August 2016 Retrieved 5 August 2016 Lampp Peter 8 May 2015 Bowls legend Phil Skoglund dies aged 77 Manawatu Standard Retrieved 8 May 2015 Who s Who in New Zealand 12th edition 1991 Article in New Zealand Listener 8 January 1990 volume 126 pp20 21External links EditPhil Skoglund Snr at the New Zealand Olympic Committee Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phil Skoglund amp oldid 1152016196, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
