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Arthur Engebretsen
John Arthur Engebretsen (1 March 1892 – 16 October 1956) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player, who won a bronze medal for his country at the 1950 British Empire Games. Early life and familyBorn on 1 March 1892, Engebretsen was the son of Annie Paulina Engebretsen (née Pedersen) and Otto Engebretsen.[1] He was educated at Dannevirke High School.[2] On 20 May 1914, Engebretsen married Katherine Jack Nicol.[3] Teaching careerEngebretsen became a schoolteacher, and in February 1941 he took up the post of headmaster at Mahora School in Hastings.[4] He served in that role until retiring in May 1951.[4] Lawn bowlsEngebretsen won two national lawn bowls championship titles: the men's singles representing the Napier Bowling Club in 1935; and as skip of the Heretaunga Bowling Club combination that won the men's fours in 1945.[4][5][6] At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, he was a member of the New Zealand men's four—alongside teammates Fred Russell, Noel Jolly and Pete Skoglund—that won the bronze medal.[4][7] Later life and deathEngebretsen died on 16 October 1956, and was buried at Hastings Cemetery.[8] He had been predeceased by his wife, Kate, in 1951.[9] References
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