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

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he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates

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, Noel Jolly and

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. Skolgund also competed in the same event at the

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, finishing in sixth place. He was the brother of politician and cabinet minister

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, 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.

Books

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

References

1905 births 1968 deaths Sportspeople from Stratford, New Zealand New Zealand male bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 1950 British Empire Games Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Burials at Purewa Cemetery Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls 20th-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games {{NewZealand-bowls-bio-stub