William Tate (1918–1977) was an Irish international lawn bowler.

[2][3] He won a bronze medal in the fours, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh; alongside John Higgins, Harold Stevenson and Edward Gordon.

Four years later, he represented Northern Ireland for a second successive Commonwealth Games in 1974.

[4] He was also part of the fours team that missed out on a medal at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, when a combined Ireland team finished in fourth place in the fours competition.

He won the 1963 Irish National Bowls Championships singles [5] and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1964.