Bill Pulver

{{Short description|Australian sporting administrator}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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

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| birth_name = William Pulver

| birth_date = c. 1959

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| alma_mater = University of New South Wales

| occupation = Chief Executive Officer

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Father of Mosman bomb hoax victim

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William Pulver is a former Australian sporting administrator. He was the CEO of the Australian Rugby Union after succeeding John O'Neill in early 2013.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/michael-hawker-passes-ball-to-schoolboy-mate-bill-pulver/story-e6frg7o6-1226550687472 Michael Hawker passes ball to schoolboy mate Bill Pulver], by Wayne Smith, The Australian, dated 10 January 2013.

Pulver's daughter Madeleine was the victim of the Mosman bomb hoax in 2011.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Wayne |title=Collar bomb dad Bill Pulver named new rugby boss |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/bill-pulver-tipped-as-new-aru-ceo/story-e6frg7o6-1226550259844 |work=The Australian |date=9 January 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202131032/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/bill-pulver-tipped-as-new-aru-ceo/story-e6frg7o6-1226550259844 |archivedate=2 February 2013}}

Personal life

Pulver attended Shore School, class of 1977,{{cite web |url=http://www.shoreoldboys.org.au/news/congratulations-bill-pulver-77-old-boy |title=CONGRATULATIONS BILL PULVER (77 OLD BOY) | Shore Old Boys' Union |publisher=Shoreoldboys.org.au |accessdate=2013-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023458/http://www.shoreoldboys.org.au/news/congratulations-bill-pulver-77-old-boy |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} and then the University of New South Wales. He is a member of the 2013 Board of Trustees for the Shore School Foundation.{{cite web|url=http://www.shore.nsw.edu.au/community/shore-foundation/board-of-trustees |title=Board of Trustees - Sydney Church of England Grammar School |publisher=Shore.nsw.edu.au |accessdate=2013-01-11}}

Pulver is married with four children.{{cite news|last=Tabakoff|first=Nick|title=William Pulver a local boy who made it big|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/william-pulver-a-local-boy-who-made-it-big/story-fn7x8me2-1226108601217|accessdate=11 January 2013|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=5 August 2011}} The family owns properties in Mosman, Avoca Beach, and Bungendore.{{cite web|last=Budd |first=Henry |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/the-latest-developments-in-the-madeleine-pulver-collar-bomb-hoax-case/story-e6freuy9-1226115690988 |title=The latest developments in the Madeleine Pulver collar bomb hoax case|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia |date=2011-08-16 |accessdate=2013-01-11}}

See also

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