Jack Tynan

{{Short description|New Zealander cricketer and hockey player (1925–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Jack Tynan

|image =

|honorific_suffix =

|fullname = John Christopher Tynan

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|12|05|df=y}}

|birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|23|1925|12|05|df=yes}}

|death_place =

|spouse =

|relatives = Rose Tynan (granddaughter)

|height =

|country = New Zealand

|sport = {{ubl|Field hockey|Cricket}}

|position =

|medaltemplates =

| module2 = {{Infobox cricketer | embed=yes

| role = All-rounder

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-break

| club1 = Wellington

| year1 = {{nowrap|1951/52–1953/54}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 23 February

| debutyear1 = 1952

| debutfor1 =

| debutagainst1 = West Indians

| lastdate1 = 1 January

| lastyear1 = 1954

| lastfor1 =

| lastagainst1 = Canterbury

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 80

| bat avg1 = 11.42

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 29

| deliveries1 = 66

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 24.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/11

| catches/stumpings1= 2/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23016/23016.html CricketArchive

| date = 21 April

| year = 2023

}}

}}

John Christopher Tynan (5 December 1925 – 23 August 2020) was a New Zealand field hockey player and cricketer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19954 |title=John Tynan |work=Olympedia |accessdate=25 August 2020}} He represented New Zealand in field hockey between 1948 and 1956, including at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/john-tynan |title=John Tynan |year=2013 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=6 April 2015 |archive-date=12 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412000717/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/john-tynan |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ty/john-tynan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ty/john-tynan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=John Tynan bio, stats, and results |date= |website= |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=6 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/180814%20BSM%20Caps%2015%20Aug%2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414234356/http://hockeynz.co.nz/Portals/30/Images/2014%20Documents/180814%20BSM%20Caps%2015%20Aug%2014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2015 |title=New Zealand hockey representatives – men |date=15 August 2014 |website= |publisher=Hockey New Zealand |accessdate=6 April 2015 }} He played four first-class cricket matches for Wellington between 1952 and 1954.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23016/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-class matches played by John Tynan |date= |website= |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=6 April 2015}}{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=290 |isbn=9781472975478}}

Tynan died on 23 August 2020.{{cite news |url=https://deaths.dompost.co.nz/obituaries/dominion-post-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-tynan&pid=196690027 |title=John Tynan death notice |date=25 August 2020 |work=Dominion Post |accessdate=26 August 2020}}