Ivan Armstrong

Ivan Desmond Armstrong (6 Aprili 1928 – 10 October 2014) was a New Zealand field hockey player and coach, tennis umpire, and educator.

Ivan Armstrong
Personal information
Birth nameIvan Desmond Armstrong
Born(1928-04-06)6 April 1928
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died10 October 2014(2014-10-10) (aged 86)
Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportField hockey

Born in Christchurch in 1928,[1] Armstrong was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School.[2] He studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with a BA in 1955 and a DipEd in 1957.[3]

Armstrong represented New Zealand in field hockey from 1950 to 1962,[2] including at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.[4] He went on to coach the New Zealand field hockey side at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and the Auckland provincial team from 1971 to 1984.[2] He was also a tennis umpire, and officiated at Wimbledon.[2]

He was the principal of Mangere College from its foundation in 1971 until 1988; it was the first school in New Zealand not to use corporal punishment.[2] He married Joan and their had three children.[2]

References
  1. "Ivan Armstrong bio, stats, and results". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. McFadden, Suzanne (18 October 2014). "Coach's unconventional style worked out brilliantly". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: A". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. "Ivan Armstrong". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2015.


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