David Gourlay Senior is a former Scottish international lawn and indoor bowler born on 24 May 1937.

Gourlay Sr. helped Scotland win the 1984 World Outdoor Bowls Team Event (the W.M.Leonard Trophy) in Aberdeen.

His greatest achievement was winning the 1982 Commonwealth Games Pairs title with John Watson.

[2] His wife Sarah Gourlay won a Fours Gold Medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Championships in Melbourne and his son David Gourlay Jr. won the 1996 World Indoor Bowls Championship.

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