Dick Folkins
{{Short description|US international lawn bowler (1917-1987)}}
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{{MedalGold | 1972 Worthing | triples }}
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{{MedalSilver | 1976 Johannesburg | pairs }}
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Richard Wilson Folkins (1917-1987), was a United States international lawn bowler.
Bowls career
He won a gold medal in the triples with Bill Miller and Clive Forrester at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2341|title=Dick Folkins Profile|publisher=Bowls tawa}} He also won a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
Folkins won a silver medal in the 1976 World Outdoor Championships in Johannesburg with his bowls partner Neil McInnes.{{cite book|last=Warters|first=Bob|title=Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir|year=1984|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd}}
In addition he won fourteen US Open titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-14-me-6433-story.html|title=Profile|work=LA Times}}
Personal life
He was a highway planning engineer by trade.{{cite book|last=Hawkes/Lindley|first=Ken/Gerard|title=the Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1974|publisher=Robert Hale and Company|isbn=0-7091-3658-7}} He died in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsusa.us/uploads/7/5/9/0/75903269/1987-03.pdf|title=obituary|publisher=Bowls USA}} He was married to fellow international bowler Corinna Folkins.
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Category:American male bowls players