Bert Palm
{{short description|Australian lawn bowler}}
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Albert Palm (1915 – 1982) was an Australian international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthgames.com.au/page/69/by-sports|title=Profile|publisher=Australian Commonwealth Games Federation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014133438/http://commonwealthgames.com.au/page/69/by-sports|archive-date=2016-10-14|df=}} When he played he was known as Bert Palm.
Bowls career
Palm took part in the Lawn Bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games. He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 {{cite book|last=Ampol Petroleum Ltd|title=First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN|year=1966|publisher=Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia}} and won a gold medal in the pairs with Geoff Kelly and a silver in the fours.{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}} He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
He won the 1949 pairs title at the Australian National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Bundaberg Bowls Club.{{cite book|last=Bolsover|first=Godfrey|title=Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1959|publisher=Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn)}}