Michael Nobbs
{{short description|Field hockey coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2012}}
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Michael Jack Nobbs (born 4 January 1954) is a former international level field hockey player who has represented Australia as a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also coached the India men's national field hockey team from 2011 to 2013.
Personal
Michael's daughter Kaitlin Nobbs plays hockey and is a member of the New South Wales Arrows and Australian Women's team Development Squad. She made her international debut in 2016 at the International Hockey Open in Darwin, NT. His wife Lee Capes, sister-in-law Michelle Capes and brother-in-law Mark Hager also represented the nation at the Olympic Games.
Hockey Player
In 1984, he was a member of the Australian hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/michael-nobbs-1.html Olympic results]{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeysa.com.au/About-Us/History|title= Hockey SA About Us – South Australian Olympians |accessdate= 9 January 2017}}
Hockey Coach
Following his playing career he coached the India men's national field hockey team from June 2011 until July 2013 including at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[https://archive.today/20120710063607/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-30/hockey/29721538_1_hockeyroos-hockey-career-hockey-heritage Michael Nobbs and his tryst with India]{{cite news |title= India sack Michael Nobbs as hockey coach |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/India-sack-Michael-Nobbs-as-hockey-coach/articleshow/20984959.cms |work= The Times of India |date= 9 July 2013 |accessdate= 10 July 2013}} He also coaches at the Westfields Sports High School, Fairfield in Sydney.
References
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{{Australia FH Squad 1984 Summer Olympics}}
{{India FH Squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{India FH Squad 2012 Champions Trophy}}
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Category:Australian field hockey coaches
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Australia
Category:Australian male field hockey players
Category:Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in India
Category:Sportsmen from South Australia
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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