Maurice Marshall
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Athletics | ||
Representing  New Zealand
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| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1950 Auckland | 1 mile |
Maurice "Moss" Lane Marshall MBE (12 January 1927 – 16 May 2013) was a New Zealand middle-distance athlete.
Biography
Marshall was born in Thames, New Zealand, in 1927.
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won a bronze medal in the mile run and then participated in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in both the 1500 m and the 800 m.[1][2] After retiring from athletics Marshall returned to school teaching and went on to become headmaster of Southwell School in Hamilton, New Zealand for 16 years.[3] He and his Waikato-born Olympic team mate John Holland were honoured by having parallel streets named after them in Hamilton.
In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, Marshall was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to education and sport.[4]
He died at his home in Hamilton in 2013.[5]
References
- ^ Maurice Marshall Bio, Stats, and Results, at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ Maurice Marshall, at olympic.org.nz.
- ^ Southwell history.
- ^ London Gazette (supplement), No. 51774, 16 June 1989. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Maurice Lane Marshall Obituary". New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- 1927 births
- 2013 deaths
- New Zealand male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Thames, New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics