Maurice Marshall

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
Bronze	1950 Auckland	1 mile

Maurice ("Moss") Lane Marshall MBE (born 12 January 1927) was a New Zealand athlete born in Thames, who specialised in middle distance running.

At the 1950 British Empire Games he won a bronze medal in the mile run and then participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland in both the 1500m and the 800m.^{[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 honored by having parallel streets named after them in Hamilton.^[4]

References

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External links

• New Zealand Olympic Committee page

Persondata
Name	Marshall, Maurice
Alternative names	Moss
Short description	New Zealand middle distance runner
Date of birth	January 12, 1927
Place of birth	Thames, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death