George Souza Sr.
George Allister Souza (senior) is a former Hong Kong international lawn bowler.[1]
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Bowls career
Souza was born in 1919 in Hong Kong to Portuguese parents. He represented Hong Kong at cricket from 1953-1961 and won a gold medal in the fours at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh with Abdul Kitchell, Saco Delgado and Roberto da Silva.[2]
Personal life
He was an electric company employee by trade and his son George Souza Jr. became a world bowls champion.[3]
gollark: Of course, *that* means that how good you're considered depends on how well everyone else does. Although that probably would have been the case to some extent anyway.
gollark: I mean, "you got X % of the questions right" might not line up exactly with what your grade should be, and the difficulty of exams might vary from exam to exam.
gollark: Are percentages REALLY better, though?
gollark: They actually recently implemented number grades for GCSE.
gollark: He's just *that good*. Over in this country, though, we do not have "GPAs".
References
- "Hong Kong Delegation for Olympic Games (1952-2008)" (PDF). Hong Kong Olympic.org.
- Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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