Frank Livingstone (1 August 1886 – 17 August 1966) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

Bowls career

At the

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he won the men's singles silver medal. Livingstone died on 17 August 1966 and was buried at Waikaraka Cemetery in Onehunga. In 2013, Livingstone was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame. He won the 1936 & 1952 singles titles, 1949 & 1962 pairs titles and 1940 & 1948 fours titles at the

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and also won the

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singles title in 1949 (all when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club).

References

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