Arthur Busch

{{short description|Australian field hockey player}}

{{for|the British-born American naval architect|Arthur Leopold Busch}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1944|3|8|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's Field Hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1968 Mexico City | Team Competition}}

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Arthur William Busch (born 8 March 1944 in Ipswich, Queensland) is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.{{cite book | last =Vamplew | first =Wray | title =The Oxford Companion to Australian Sport | publisher =Oxford University Press | date = 1994 | pages =510 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WotYAAAAYAAJ&q=arthur+busch+field+hockey | isbn = 9780195535686 }} Busch and his teammates defeated India in the semi-final but lost to Pakistan in the final game.{{cite web | url =http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/arthur-busch-10311 | title =Arthur Busch: Hockey | website =AUS Team | publisher =Australian Olympic Committee | access-date =16 August 2016 }} Busch was also a member of the Australian national team that participated in an international field hockey tournament in Pakistan in March 1969.{{cite news | title =Hockey side | newspaper = Sydney Morning Herald| pages =19 | date =4 February 1969 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19690204&id=a_xjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4178,1412425 | access-date =16 August 2016 }} He was the goalkeeper in an international match in August, 1969 between Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand, which had finished seventh in the 1968 Olympics, won by a score of 2–1.{{cite news | last =Lester | first =Glenn | title =Hockey Test to NZ, 2–1 | newspaper = The Age | location =Melbourne | date =11 August 1969 | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19690811&id=1ksQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3645,2259983 | access-date =16 August 2016 }}

Busch attended Ipswich Grammar School.{{cite web | url =http://www.ipswichgrammar.com/community/old-boys-association/distinguished-old-boys| title =Distinguished Old Boys | website = Ipswich Grammar School | access-date = 16 August 2016}} Busch was Ipswich Hockey's Australian representative from 1967 to 1973.{{cite web | url =http://www.ipswichhockey.com/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&ItemID=57312&OrgID=12069| title =Ipswich Hockey's Australian Representatives | date =2016 | website =Ipswich Hockey Association | access-date =16 August 2016 }}