- Tom Hoad
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name = Tom Hoad
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birth_place = Perth,Australia
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education =Aquinas College, Perth [http://www.owca.org.au/news/gfx/Wesleyan%20Original.pdf The Wesleyan - Edition #1 2005] (accessed:15-03-2007)]
occupation = Waterpolo player/coach
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nationality = Australian
website =Tom Hoad is a former Australian
water polo player and coach. In 1968, he was appointed toInternational Swimming Federation (FINA), the world governing body for swimming and was chairman of the 1998World Swimming Championships held inPerth, Western Australia . [http://www.tomhoadcup.com/static_page.php?id=12 Tom Hoad Cup Homepage] (accessed:15-03-2007)] He is currently a director of the national controlling bodyAustralian Waterpolo . [ [http://www.australianwaterpolo.com.au/ Australian Waterpolo (Inc) website] ]Hoad represented Australia in water polo at the
Olympic Games four times, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972, as well as being captain from 1964 to 1972. He was the Australian water polo coach at the 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 games.Hoad coached the 'Fremantle Mariners' to three Australian National League titles out of an unprecedented nine consecutive grand final appearances. [http://www.sport.uwa.edu.au/sports_alumni_and_friends/uwa_sports_foundation?f=85642 UWA Sports Foundation] (accessed:15-03-2007)]
He was a
University of Western Australia sports star in 1964.The
Tom Hoad Cup is an international waterpolo cup named in his honour. First held in 2003, it is played annually in Perth.References
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