Doug Herman
New Zealand rugby union player and shot putter
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| Birth name | Douglas Haig Herman | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1917-03-18)18 March 1917 Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 September 1995(1995-09-20) (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | Shot put champion (1938, 1939, 1945, 1946, 1950) | ||||||||||||||||
Douglas Haig Herman (18 March 1917 – 20 September 1995) was a New Zealand field athlete and rugby union player. He represented his country in the shot put at the 1950 British Empire Games,[2] and captained the Canterbury provincial rugby team in the years following World War II.[3] He played about 120 first-class rugby games, including 91 for Canterbury.[4]
Herman won the New Zealand national shot put title on five occasions: in 1938, 1939, 1945, 1946, and 1950.[5] In the shot put at the 1950 Empire Games, he achieved a best distance of 44 ft 0 in (13.41 m) to finish in fourth place.[6]
References
- ^ "Canterbury team". Otago Daily Times. No. 27467. 14 August 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Doug Herman at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Canterbury team for Auckland match". Gisborne Herald. Vol. 76, no. 23014. 3 August 1949. p. 8. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Games and players". The Press. Vol. 89, no. 27143. 12 September 1953. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Hollings, Stephen (October 2019). "National champions 1887–2019" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. p. 52. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Athletics shot put – men Auckland 1950". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team
- Neil Bates
- Dave Batten
- Kevin Beardsley
- Johnny Borland
- Bev Brewis
- Gordon Bromley
- Johnny Brown
- Max Carr
- Jack Clarke
- Claude Clegg
- Dave Dephoff
- Ruth Dowman
- Arthur Eustace
- Pixie Fletcher
- Keith Forsythe
- Lionel Fox
- Arthur Fuller
- Noeline Gourley
- Shirley Hardman
- Doug Harris
- Joan Hart
- Peter Henderson
- Doug Herman
- Wallace Heron
- Allen Hill
- John Holland
- George Hoskins
- Bevin Hough
- Graham Jeffries
- Roy Johnson
- Don Jowett
- Colin Kay
- Stan Lay
- Jim Leckie
- Colin Lousich
- Arthur Lydiard
- Clyde Main
- Colleen Malone
- Maurice Marshall
- George Martin
- Raymond McKenzie
- Keith Morgan
- John Myles
- Harold Nelson
- Dorothea Parker
- Clem Parker
- Gus Redmond
- Eric Rhodes
- Merv Richards
- Cleone Rivett-Carnac
- Lesley Rowe
- June Schoch
- Janet Shackleton
- Cliff Simpson
- Jack Sinclair
- Lionel Smith
- Barry Steel
- Derek Steward
- Jack Sutherland
- Noelene Swinton
- Noel Taylor
- Yvette Williams
- Neil Wilson
- Roy Woolley
- Jim Barnden
- James Beal
- Robert Broadhurst
- Frank Creagh
- Bert Maddern
- James McIvor
- William Paterson
- Christopher Rollinson
- Graham Avery
- Nick Carter
- Alan Dean
- James Downie
- Graham Hughes
- Ted Lambert
- Les Lock
- Don Olive
- Malcolm Simpson
- Allen Stonex
- Frank Tredrea
- Joyce Carpenter
- Owen Jaine
- Betty Moore
- Mayzod Reid
- Jack Stewart
- Florence Andrews
- H.E. Cox
- Charles Dearing
- William Elsom
- Eric Flaws
- Austen Gittos
- Murray Gittos
- Trevor Hadley
- Olga Jekyll
- J.H. Malcolm
- Allan McLeavey
- Nathaniel Millar
- J. Shaw
- Julius Stafford
- Joseph Ward
- Patricia Woodroffe
- Dudley Wright
- Arthur Engebretsen
- Phil Exelby
- Robert Henry
- Noel Jolly
- James Pirret
- Fred Russell
- Pete Skoglund
- Donald Adam
- Kerry Ashby
- Murray Ashby
- Bill Carroll
- Bruce Culpan
- Thomas Engel
- David Gould
- Humphrey Gould
- Tristan Hegglun
- Bill James
- Grahame Jarratt
- Ted Johnson
- Colin Johnstone
- John O'Brien
- Don Rowlands
- Joe Schneider
- Des Simonson
- Edwin Smith
- Bill Tinnock
- Michael Amos
- Lyall Barry
- Norma Bridson
- Colin Callan
- Colin Chambers
- Noel Chambers
- Trevor Eagle
- Roger Gibbs
- Winifred Griffin
- Peter Hanan
- Joan Hastings
- Kristin Jacobi
- Buddy Lucas
- Helen Mackenzie
- Peter Mathieson
- John Shanahan
- Jean Stewart
- Margaret Sweeney
- Charles Brown
- Jim Cameron
- Terry Harris
- Bob Hatchwell
- Barrie Hutchinson
- Tom Logan
- Edward Raven
- Jim Walsh
- Neil Williams
- Wally Williams
- Trevor Clark
- Harold Cleghorn
- Tony George
- Lewis Lawn
- Edwin Norton
- John Armitt
- Peter Fletcher
- Gordon Hobson
- Eric Matthews
- Jack Monaghan
- Doug Mudgway
- Pat O'Connor
- Arthur Sneddon
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