Richard Coombes
Richard Coombes (18 March 1858[1] – 15 April 1935) was an English journalist.[2]
He was an International Olympic Committee member from 1905 to 1932.[3]
Coombes was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1992[4]
References
- ↑ W. F. Mandle (1981). "Richard (Dick) Coombes (1858–1935)". Coombes, Richard (1858–1935). MUP. pp. 104–105. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ Henniker, Garth; Jobling, Ian F (November 1989), "Richard Coombes and the Olympic movement in Australia: imperialism and nationalism in action", Sporting Traditions, 6 (1): 2–15, ISSN 0813-2577
- ↑ "AOC Office Bearers and Australian IOC Members". Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑
External links
Serle, Percival (1949). "Coombes, Richard". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
Categories:
- 1858 births
- 1935 deaths
- Australian journalists
- Australian male journalists
- Australian Olympic Committee administrators
- Athletics in Australia
- Australian International Olympic Committee members
- Sport of athletics administrators
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
- 19th-century Australian writers
- Writers from New South Wales
- British emigrants to the Colony of New South Wales