Doug Herman
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| Born | Douglas Haig Herman 18 March 1917 Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 September 1995 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | |||||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||
| 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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Doug Herman at the New Zealand Olympic CommitteeLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Doug Herman at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)Lua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1995 deaths
- New Zealand men shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- New Zealand rugby union players
- Canterbury rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs
- New Zealand athletics biography stubs