| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Maurice Lane Marshall | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1927 Thames, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 May 2013 (aged 86) Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Mary Conradi
(m. 1954) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | 1 mile champion (1951, 1952)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800 m – 1:53.5 1 mile – 4:11.8[2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maurice "Moss" Lane Marshall MBE (12 January 1927 – 16 May 2013) was a New Zealand middle-distance athlete.
Marshall was born in Thames on 12 January 1927,[2] the son of Henry Horace Marshall and Constance Marshall (née Hill).[3] In 1954, he married Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Conradi at All Hallows Chapel, Southwell School, Hamilton, and the couple went on to have three children.[4]
Marshall represented New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, where he won a bronze medal in the 1 mile.[5]
The following year, he won the first of his two New Zealand national athletics titles, winning the 1 mile in a time of 4:17.7.[1] In 1952, he won his second 1-mile championship, in a personal best time of 4:11.8.[1][2]
Marshall competed for New Zealand at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics in both the 1500 m and the 800 m, but did not progress beyond the heats.[2]
A schoolteacher, Marshall joined the staff of Southwell School in Hamilton in 1953.[4] After a period of teaching in Fiji and at Ngongotahā, he returned to Southwell, and was appointed headmaster in 1972.[4] He retired in 1988, but served as caretaker headmaster for a term in 1994.[4] During his tenure as head, the school roll grew from 160 to 325.[4]
In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, Marshall was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to education and sport.[6] Parallel streets in Hamilton, Marshall Street and Holland Road, were named after Marshall and his Olympic teammate, John Holland.[4]
Marshall died at his home in Hamilton on 16 May 2013,[7] and his funeral was held in All Hallows Chapel at Southwell.[4] He was buried in Hamilton Park Cemetery.[8]
