Gordon Jolly

Gordon Hezlam Jolly OBE (25 May 1913 – 26 October 1986) was a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.

[3] On 7 September 1940, Jolly married Molly Margaret Hungerford at Sacred Heart Church, North East Valley, Dunedin.

[7] At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, he won the men's fours gold medal, partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and John Somerville.

A life member of Bowls New Zealand, Jolly served as a national selector and secretary–treasurer, and was president in 1968.

[5] In the 1977 New Year Honours, Jolly was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls.