Ric Charlesworth

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Dr Ric Charlesworth
AO

Member of the Australian Parliament
for Perth

In office
5 March 1983 – 13 March 1993
Preceded by
Ross McLean
Succeeded by
Stephen Smith

Personal details
Born
Richard Ian Charlesworth
(1952-02-06) 6 February 1952 (age 66)[1]
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)
Carmen Charlesworth
Children
Hugo, Oscar
Alma mater
University of Western Australia
Occupation
Hockey player

Cricket information
Batting
Left-handed
Role
Opening Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1969–1970, 1976–1982
West Perth
1970–1976
University Cricket Club

Career statistics



























CompetitionFC
Matches47
Runs scored2327
Batting average30.22
100s/50s1/16
Top score101*

Balls bowled
8
Wickets0
Bowling average-
5 wickets in innings
0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings
34

Source: [1]

















Field hockey career
Youth career

Christ Church Grammar School
Senior career
Years
Team

Apps

(Gls)

UWA Hockey Club


National team
1972–1988
Australia (Kookaburras)

227 (85)

Richard Ian Charlesworth AO (born 6 February 1952) is an Australian sports coach and former politician. He played first-class cricket for Western Australia and international field hockey for the Kookaburras (the Australian national team), winning a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Charlesworth served as a federal member of parliament from 1983 to 1993, representing the Labor Party. After leaving politics, he was appointed coach of the Hockeyroos (the national women's field hockey team), leading them to Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2000. Charlesworth later coached the Kookaburras from 2009 to 2014, and has also worked in consulting roles with the New Zealand national cricket team, the Australian Institute of Sport, and the Fremantle Football Club (an Australian football team).




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Cricket


  • 3 Hockey

    • 3.1 Player


    • 3.2 Coach



  • 4 Politics


  • 5 Administration


  • 6 Books


  • 7 Awards


  • 8 External links


  • 9 References




Biography


Born in Subiaco, Western Australia,[2] Charlesworth attended Christ Church Grammar School[2] until he graduated in 1969. In 1976, he completed a Medical Degree (MB,BS) from the University of Western Australia.[3] In 2002, he received an honorary Doctorate of Science at the University of Western Australia and completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in philosophy and history also at the University of Western Australia.[4]


His father Lester Charlesworth, a dentist, represented Western Australia in cricket between 1949-1951.[2][3]



Cricket


In 1969 he captained the Western Australian State under 19 cricket team before going on to play A grade Club cricket for West Perth (1969–1970, 1976–82) and University Cricket Club (1970–76). He played in 47 first-class matches for Western Australia from 1972 until 1979, making 2,327 runs at an average of 30.22. He was a member of Sheffield Shield winning teams in 1972–73, 1976–77, 1977–78, and was a squad member in the winning season of 1974–75.[5]



Hockey



Player


Charlesworth was coached by Ray House at Christ Church Grammar School, where he was promoted to the school's first XI at an early age. He was a member of the PSA Hockey Cup (now known as the Ray House Hockey Cup) winning teams of 1966–67.


He played in and captained the Western Australia hockey team and the Australia men's field hockey team the Kookaburras. He was selected to represent Australia in five Olympic hockey teams, 1972, 1976, 1980 (captain) (Moscow Olympics were boycotted), 1984 (captain), and 1988, winning Silver at the 1976, Montreal Olympic Games. He was a member of the national team which competed in various other international tournaments including winning the World Hockey Cup in London in 1986 where he was named player of the Tournament. He retired from playing after representing Australia at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. He played 227 games for his country and scored 85 goals.


Charlesworth was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008,[6] the second person to achieve this award.


In 1980, while playing for The University of Western Australia Hockey Club, Charlesworth also won the Olympian's Medal, an annual award presented to the player judged by umpires to be the fairest and best in men's first division competition in Western Australia. In addition, the female equivalent of this award, the Charlesworth Medal, is named in his honour.



Coach


From 1993 to 2000 he was head coach of the Australian Women's hockey team, the Hockeyroos. During this time they won the Champion's Trophy in 1993 (Amsterdam), 1995 (Mar del Plata), 1997 (Berlin) and 1999 (Brisbane), the World Hockey Cup in 1994 (Dublin) and 1998 (Netherlands) and were gold medallists in the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and Sydney Olympics in 2000 and 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[5]


Prior to his appointment as technical adviser to the men's and women's Indian hockey teams, he was the high-performance manager for the New Zealand cricket team.[7] He was selected to act as an advisor to the newly formed hockey selection committee formed by the Indian Olympic Association.[8]


Charlesworth has been a mentor coach to several national team coaches with the Australian Institute of Sport and a performance consultant with the Fremantle Football Club.[5]


In 2009, Charlesworth was appointed coach of the Australian men's national hockey team, the Kookaburras. The team went on to win the 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Melbourne, Australia; the 2010 Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, India; the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany; the 2010 Commonwealth Games Men's Hockey Gold Medal in Delhi, India and the 2011 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Auckland. After coaching the Kookaburras to success at the 2014 Hockey World Cup in Netherlands, he resigned.[9]



Politics


He was elected as the Federal Member for Perth in 1983, representing the Australian Labor Party, and was a Member of Parliament for 10 years until retiring in 1993.[10]


Charlesworth said one reason for retiring from Parliament was that he never became a minister.[11]



Administration


Charlesworth was a member of the Australian Sports Commission Board 1994–97 and Western Australian Institute of Sport Board 1984-1992, 2001-2005.[3]



Books


He has written three books: The Coach – Managing for Success, Staying at the Top and Shakespeare the Coach.[5]



Awards


  • Western Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1976, 1979 and 1987[12]

  • Advance Australia Award in 1984[12]

  • Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours[13]


  • Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours[14]

  • Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1987[5]


  • Hockey Australia Hall of Fame 2008[12]

  • Hall of Champions, WA 1995[12]

  • West Australian Sports Champions of the Year Award – Coach of the Year 1994–2000[12]

  • Australian Coaching Council Team Coach of the Year 1994, 1996, 1997,1998,1999,2000[12]

  • Confederation of Australian Sport Coach of the Year 1996, 1997 and 2000[12]


  • Australian Sports Medal 2000[15]

  • Western Australia Citizen of the Year Award 2001[12]

  • Western Australian Finalist Australian of the Year 2011[16]


  • Australian Institute of Sport Coach of the Year 2010[12]

  • Inaugural Australian Institute of Sport World's Best Award 2014[17]


External links


  • Cricinfo on Ric Charlesworth

  • Ric Charlesworth OAM at Hockey Australia

  • Sport Australia Hall of Fame Member

  • riccharlesworth website


References




  1. ^ "Family Notices". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 9 February 1952. p. 20. Retrieved 5 March 2011. 


  2. ^ abc "Ric Charlesworth". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  3. ^ abc Sygall, David (23 January 2011). "Why Ric's the man to coach cricketers". Sun Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  4. ^ "Ric Charlesworth". Claxton Speakers International. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  5. ^ abcde "Richard Charlesworth AM – Hockey". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  6. ^ http://www.hockey.org.au/About-Us/Hall-of-Fame


  7. ^ "Hockey needs India, says Ric". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2007. 


  8. ^ Indian Olympic Association acts tough, suspends IHF. The Hindu (2008-04-29)


  9. ^ "Ric Charlesworth makes early exit from Kookaburras hockey coaching role". ABC News. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  10. ^ "Biography for CHARLESWORTH, Dr Richard Ian, AM". ParlInfo. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2010. 


  11. ^ Middleton, Karen (11 March 1993). "MPs quit in frustration". The Age. 


  12. ^ abcdefghi West, Lawrence. "Charlesworth to stand down". Hockey Australia News. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  13. ^ Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for CHARLESWORTH, Richard Ian, Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 8 June 1987, https://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886454&showInd=true. Retrieved 13 March 2017, "In recognition of service to the sport of hockey" 



  14. ^ Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for CHARLESWORTH, Richard Ian, Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 13 June 2016, https://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1153670&showInd=true. Retrieved 13 March 2017, "For distinguished service to sport, particularly field hockey, through coaching and mentoring roles for men's and women's national teams, as a high performance consultant and technical advisor, and to the Parliament of Australia." 



  15. ^ It's an Honour: Australian Sports Medal. Itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved on 2012-05-02.


  16. ^ "State Finalist Australian of the Year 2011 – Dr Richard Charlesworth AM". Australian of the Year website. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 


  17. ^ Polkinghorne, David (12 November 2014). "Charlesworth to help build road to Rio". Canberra Times. Retrieved 12 November 2014. 







Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Ross McLean

Member for Perth
1983–1993
Succeeded by
Stephen Smith





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