Stanley Lee (bowls)

{{Short description|British lawn bowler}}

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| name = Stanley Lee

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| nationality = British (English)

| birth_date = 17 October 1899

| birth_place = Hitchin, England

| death_date = 1986

| death_place = Hitchin, England

| occupation = Electrical Engineer

| sport = Lawn bowls

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Stanley Lee (1899-1986), was an English bowls player who competed at the Commonwealth Games.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19540731/302/0025 |title=British Players win and lose on opening day at Empire Games |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=31 July 1954 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2024}}

Bowls career

He participated in the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in the singles and the fours/rinks events and finishing in 8th and 10th place respectively.{{cite web |url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48390|title=Lawn Bowls Fours/Rinks - Vancouver 1954|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19540206/111/0009 |title=Bowls team for tour of Canada |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=6 February 1954 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2024}}

Personal life

He was an electrical engineer by trade and lived in Hitchin.{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk|title=Stanley Lee|publisher=Ancestry.co.uk}}

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