Robbie Robson

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Robbie Robson

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| birth_name = Hugh Herbert John Robson

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|11|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|04|17|1918|11|02|df=y}}

| death_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

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| country = New Zealand

| sport = Lawn bowls

| club = Tokoroa Bowling Club

| nationals = Singles champion (1974)
Fours champion (1956)

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| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's lawn bowls}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1962 Perth| Pairs}}

{{MedalSilver| 1970 Edinburgh| Pairs}}

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Hugh Herbert John "Robbie" Robson (2 November 1918 – 17 April 1996) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, he won the men's pairs gold medal partnering Bob McDonald. Eight years later he won the silver medal again with McDonald in the pairs at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/hugh-robson |title=Hugh Robson |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}

A member of the Tokoroa Bowling Club, Robson won the New Zealand national fours title in 1956 and the singles title in 1974.{{cite web |url=https://www.tokoroabowls.co.nz/about-us |title=Our history |publisher=Tokkoroa Bowling Club |access-date=1 August 2020}}

Robson died in Hamilton on 17 April 1996.{{cite news |title=Former NZ bowls champion dies |first=Lindsay |last=Knight |date=20 April 1996 |work=The Dominion |page=52}}

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