Pete Skoglund

Pete Skoglund

Personal information
Birth name	Thomas Theodore Skoglund
Born	25 July 1905 Stratford, New Zealand
Died	2 October 1968 (aged 63) Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse(s)	Phoebe White (m. 1928; wid. 1968)
Medal record Men's lawn bowls Representing  New Zealand Commonwealth Games 1950 Auckland Fours

Thomas Theodore "Pete" Skoglund (25 July 1905 – 2 October 1968) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates John Englebretson, Noel Jolly and Fred Russell. Skolgund also competed in the same event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, finishing in sixth place.^[1]

He was the brother of politician and cabinet minister Philip Skoglund, whose son Phil Skoglund was also a champion lawn bowls player.

Skoglund died in Auckland in 1968 and his ashes were buried at Purewa Cemetery.^[2]

Books

• Skoglund, Pete (1966) 'Mr Bowls' - The Pete Skoglund Story, A H & A W Reed, Wellington, New Zealand

References

1. "Pete Skoglund". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 10 May 2015.