Skippy Arculli

{{Short description|American lawn and indoor bowler}}

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Skippy Arculli is a former United States international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88|year=1987|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-86367-220-5}}

Arculli won a gold medal in the 1984 World Outdoor Championships in Aberdeen but his partner Jim Candelet fell ill during the competition and was unable to play in the final. He was replaced by the Scottish reserve George Adrain.{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS352685810&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 18 July 1984|work=The Times}}

He won born in Hong Kong winning the National triples title in 1965. After emigrating to the United States he won four United States Championships, three in the singles (1978, 1981 & 1995) and one in the pairs (1983).{{cite book|last=Warters|first=Bob|title=Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir|year=1984|publisher=Key Publishing Ltd}}

A banking executive by trade he bowled for Essex County in Nutley, New Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsusa.us/uploads/7/5/9/0/75903269/hof_biographies.pdf|title=Hall of Fame|publisher=Bowls USA}}