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.
Born on 1 March 1892, Engebretsen was the son of Annie Paulina Engebretsen (née Pedersen) and Otto Engebretsen. [1] He was educated at Dannevirke High School. [2]
On 20 May 1914, Engebretsen married Katherine Jack Nicol. [3]
Engebretsen became a schoolteacher, and in February 1941 he took up the post of headmaster at Mahora School in Hastings. [4] He served in that role until retiring in May 1951. [4]
Engebretsen won two national lawn bowls championship titles: the men's singles representing the Napier Bowling Club in 1935; and as skip of the Heretaunga Bowling Club combination that won the men's fours in 1945. [4] [5] [6]
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, he was a member of the New Zealand men's four—alongside teammates Fred Russell, Noel Jolly and Pete Skoglund—that won the bronze medal. [4] [7]
Engebretsen died on 16 October 1956, and was buried at Hastings Cemetery. [8] He had been predeceased by his wife, Kate, in 1951. [9]
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
|
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.
Born on 1 March 1892, Engebretsen was the son of Annie Paulina Engebretsen (née Pedersen) and Otto Engebretsen. [1] He was educated at Dannevirke High School. [2]
On 20 May 1914, Engebretsen married Katherine Jack Nicol. [3]
Engebretsen became a schoolteacher, and in February 1941 he took up the post of headmaster at Mahora School in Hastings. [4] He served in that role until retiring in May 1951. [4]
Engebretsen won two national lawn bowls championship titles: the men's singles representing the Napier Bowling Club in 1935; and as skip of the Heretaunga Bowling Club combination that won the men's fours in 1945. [4] [5] [6]
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, he was a member of the New Zealand men's four—alongside teammates Fred Russell, Noel Jolly and Pete Skoglund—that won the bronze medal. [4] [7]
Engebretsen died on 16 October 1956, and was buried at Hastings Cemetery. [8] He had been predeceased by his wife, Kate, in 1951. [9]