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Robert 'Rob' Dobbins (born 1940) is a former Australian international
lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...
and coach. He won a
gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the fours at the
1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the a ...
in
Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
with
Keith Poole Keith Robert Strohmaier Poole (born June 18, 1974 in San Jose, California) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos from 1997 to 2001. Poole w ...
,
Bert Sharp Herbert Sharp (born 1926) is an Australian former international lawn bowler. Sharp won a gold medal in the fours at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane with Keith Poole, Rob Dobbins and Don Sherman Don Sherman (6 October 1943 – 27 ...
and
Don Sherman Don Sherman (6 October 1943 – 27 July 2017) was an Australian international lawn bowler, and a master builder by trade and bred cattle and horses. Biography He won a gold medal in the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane. He won a gold meda ...
. He coached the Australian team at the
2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...
. In 1981, he won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title.


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1940 births Living people Australian male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Bowls players at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian people Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games {{Australia-bowls-bio-stub