Willie McQueen (bowls)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Born | c.1924[1] |
| Died | November 1993 (aged 69) Dalserf, Scotland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bowls |
| Club | Dalserf BC Blantyre Miners’ Welfare IBC / Lanarskhire IBC |
Medal record | |
Willie McQueen (c.1924 – November 1993) was a Scottish international lawn and indoor and indoor bowler.[2]
Biography
McQueen won a silver medal in the triples, a silver medal in the fours and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy) at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne.[3] He was capped 69 times outdoors for Scotland from 1967 until 1989.[4]
McQueen bowled indoors for the Blantyre Miners' Welfare Indoor Bowling Club and the Lanarskhire IBC and in 1983 set a Scottish record of earning 50 indoor caps.[5] He would go on to make 21 appearances outdoors and 69 indoors for Scotland.[6]
He was given the nickname 'Machine McQueen' by the legendary David Bryant due to his resilience on the bowling greens. By profession he was foreman.[1] He was posthumously inducted into the Scottish Indoor Bowls Hall of Fame in 2016.[7]
He died at his home in Dalserf in November 1993.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Skipper jigs in for Scotland". Daily Mirror. 23 January 1980. p. 27. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Seven sacrificed in bid to stop rot". The Herald.
- ^ "Willie's indoor bowlign record". Wishaw Press. 4 February 1983. p. 28. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Former champion McQueen dies". The Scotsman. 27 November 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Blantyre Miners' Welfare Indoor Bowling receive top honours". Daily Record.