Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth (1893 - 1983)

According to her Sport Australia Hall of Fame citation, Evelyn Tazewell was the finest women's hockey player of her time. She enjoyed a career in the sport as player, coach, umpire and administrator that spanned four decades to the 1960s. Among many important contributions to the sport, she was instrumental in the establishment of the Women's Memorial Playing Fields at St Mary's, Adelaide.

• Taswell, Evelyn
• 'Taz'

Events

1920	Elected President of the All-Australian Women's Hockey Association
1920 - 1936	Captained the South Australian women's hockey team
1920 - 1965	State Delegate of the All-Australian Women's Hockey Association
1953	Delegate to the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations
1959	Delegate to the International Federation of Women's Hockey Associations
1985	Inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame

Played

• Adelaide Hockey Club (1981 - )

Australian Women Exhibitions

• She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

• 'Stalwart in women's hockey dies at 89', Adelaide Advertiser, 30 December, 1983. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• Jolly, Lorna M., 'Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth (1893 - 1983)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120208b.htm. [ Details... ]