Michael Nobbs
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Nationality | Australian | ||||
Born | 4 January 1954 | ||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||
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Country | Australia | ||||
Sport | Field hockey | ||||
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Michael Jack Nobbs (born 4 January 1954) is a former international level field hockey player who has represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also coached the India men's national field hockey team from 2011 to 2013.
Personal[edit]
Michael's daughter Kaitlin Nobbs plays hockey and is a member of the New South Wales Arrows and Australian Women's team Development Squad. She made her international debut in 2016 at the International Hockey Open in Darwin, NT.
Hockey Player[edit]
In 1984, he was a member of the Australian hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Hockey Coach[edit]
Following his playing career he coached the India men's national field hockey team from June 2011 until July 2013 including at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[3][4] He also coaches at the Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield in Sydney.
References[edit]
- ↑ Olympic results
- ↑ "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ Michael Nobbs and his tryst with India
- ↑ "India sack Michael Nobbs as hockey coach". The Times of India. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- All Bharatpedia articles written in Australian English
- Pages using national squad without team link and with an atypical sport
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Australian field hockey coaches
- Olympic field hockey players of Australia
- Australian male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Indian field hockey biography stubs