Rennie Logan
Appearance
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Nationality | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Kirkliston, West Lothian | 3 November 1928|||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 December 2003 | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||
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Club | Kirkliston BC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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A R 'Rennie' Logan (1928-2003) was a former Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2][3] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[4]
Family
[edit]His sons Raymond, Eric and Kenny Logan were all capped by Scotland. Another son, Gordon Logan, played in the English Football League for Port Vale.[5] Nicknamed the Laughing Cavalier he died in 2003.[6] His grandson Grant Logan won gold at the 2011 Atlantic Bowls Championships.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "The day Sir Stanley Matthews came to Kirkliston". Linlithgow Gazette. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Logan was legend". The Scotsman. 30 January 2012.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.