Fred Biggin
{{Short description|English international lawn bowls player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| headercolor =
| name = Fred Biggin
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|2|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Derbyshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|9|30|1869|2|16|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = Temple BC
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Lawn bowls}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1934 London|Rinks/Fours}}
}}
Frederick Biggin (16 February 1869 – 30 September 1968), was an English international lawn bowls player{{cite book|last=Bolsover|first=Godfrey|title=Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1959|publisher=Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn)}} who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48379|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2735|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}
Bowls career
At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks/fours event with Robert Slater, Ernie Gudgeon and Percy Tomlinson.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19340811/208/0015 |title=England win rinks bowling title |work=The Scotsman |date=11 August 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GRB Athletics}}{{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 was the Surrey singles champion and was a member of the Temple Bowls Club.
Personal life
He worked in Insurance by trade and lived at 108 Cheviot Road, West Norwood.{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk|title=England and Wales Register 1939, Lambeth|publisher=Ancestry.co.uk}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biggin, Frederick}}
Category:English male bowls players
Category:Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls
{{UK-bowls-bio-stub}}