- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2177
Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth
- Taswell, Evelyn
'Taz'
- Born 19 August 1893, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Died 29 December 1983, , South Australia, Australia
- Occupation Hockey player, Sports administrator
Summary
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.
Events
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1920
Elected President of the All-Australian Women’s Hockey Association
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1920 - 1936
Captained the South Australian women’s hockey team
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1920 - 1965
State Delegate of the All-Australian Women’s Hockey Association
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1953
Delegate to the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations
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1959
Delegate to the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations
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1985
Inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
Archival resources
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth (1893 - 1983), Jolly, Lorna M., 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120208b.htm
- Newspaper Article
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Tazewell, Evelyn Ruth (1893-1983), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-714086