Jose Alberto da Luz (1904-1986) was an international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

from Hong Kong.

Bowls career

He won a

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

in the fours at the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. This was the fifth edition of the event that would eventually become known as the Commonwealth Games, the second post-war G ...

in Vancouver, with Alfred Coates, Robert Gourlay and his brother Raoul da Luz.

Personal life

Of Portuguese origin he was born in Hong Kong and became a US citizen in 1964.

References

1904 births 1988 deaths Hong Kong emigrants to the United States Hong Kong male bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Hong Kong Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls {{HongKong-sport-bio-stub