Ivan Armstrong

Ivan Desmond Armstrong (6 April 1928 – 10 October 2014) was a New Zealand field hockey player and coach, tennis umpire, and educator.

Ivan Armstrong

Personal information
Birth name	Ivan Desmond Armstrong
Born	(1928-04-06)6 April 1928 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	10 October 2014(2014-10-10) (aged 86) Auckland, New Zealand
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Field hockey

Born in Christchurch in 1928,^[1] Armstrong was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School.^[2] He studied at Canterbury University College, graduating with a BA in 1955 and a DipEd in 1957.^[3]

Armstrong represented New Zealand in field hockey from 1950 to 1962,^[2] including at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.^[4] He went on to coach the New Zealand field hockey side at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and the Auckland provincial team from 1971 to 1984.^[2] He was also a tennis umpire, and officiated at Wimbledon.^[2]

He was the principal of Mangere College from its foundation in 1971 until 1988; it was the first school in New Zealand not to use corporal punishment.^[2] He married Joan and they had three children.^[2]