Paul Ackerley
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| Full name | Paul Douglas Ackerley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 May 1949 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 May 2011 (aged 61) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Paul Douglas Ackerley (16 May 1949 – 3 May 2011) was a field hockey player, maths teacher and public servant from New Zealand.
He played field hockey at right half. He was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[1] He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics, but most sports in New Zealand boycotted the Moscow games so he did not compete. He had 25 international caps for New Zealand.
Ackerley was born in
He coached the national woman's hockey team when they won a bronze at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Malaysia, and the Wellington women's team.[3]
Ackerley died in Wellington, New Zealand aged 61 on 3 May 2011 from skin cancer after a short illness.[4]
References
- Ultimate team player and gifted coach: Obituary in Dominion Post, 7 May 2011 page A26
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Ackerley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Stuff, press release from SPARC
- ^ The Dominion Post
- NZPA. 3 May 2011. Archived from the originalon 12 January 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
External links
- Paul Ackerley at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Paul Ackerley at Olympedia
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