Tom Hoad is an Australian water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

 coach and former player. In 1968, he was appointed to International Swimming Federation

International Swimming Federation

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 (FINA), the world governing body for swimming and was chairman of the 1998 World Swimming Championships held in Perth, Western Australia

Perth, Western Australia

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. He is currently a director of the national controlling body Australian Waterpolo. He currently coaches juniors at Melville and at a state level in WA.

Hoad represented Australia in water polo at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 four times, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972, as well as being captain from 1964 to 1972. He was the Australian water polo coach at the 1976, 1980, 1984 and 1988 games.

Hoad coached the 'Fremantle Mariners' to three Australian National League titles out of an unprecedented nine consecutive grand final appearances.

He was a University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

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 sports star in 1964.

The Tom Hoad Cup

Tom Hoad Cup

The Tom Hoad Cup is an annual four-day international water polo event, staged in Perth, Western Australia since 2003. The event is named for Tom Hoad, a former coach and long-time player for the Australia national water polo team and senior administrator in the international governing body .The...

is an international waterpolo cup named in his honour. First held in 2003, it is played annually in Perth.