NEW ZEALAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME - Key Persons
A Wool Board member saw Bowen in action and he was hired as the board's chief instructor, subsequently making demonstration tours of Australia, Britain, France, the United States, South America and the Soviet Union.
In Moscow in 1963, he was made a Hero of Socialist Labour by the Premier, Nikita Khruschev.
Don Jowett became the only New Zealand track sprinter to win a gold medal at a major games when he won the 220 yards at the Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954.
Fred Allen had a distinguished career as a rugby player, including being All Black captain, but it was as a coach that he gained an unmatched status.
As a youngster at school in Invercargill, Jeff Wilson was a wonder of his age on the sporting field, whether rugby, cricket or, so it seemed, anything else he tried.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Management Committee
John Kirwan was one of the most devastating wing threequarters to play rugby for New Zealand; when in top form, he was an irresistible try-scorer as his 35 tries in 63 test matches indicates (plus another 32 tries in non-test matches).
Marise Chamberlain was undoubtedly an athlete ahead of her time.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Management Committee