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Harold Moody

Moody at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1915-11-01)1 November 1915 Camberwell, London, England
Died	12 September 1986(1986-09-12) (aged 70) Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Medical practitioner
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	South London Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best	14.32 m (1950)
Medal record Representing  England 1950 British Empire Games 1950 Auckland Shot put

Harold Ernest Arundel Moody (1 November 1915 – 12 September 1986) was a British shot putter.

Athletics career

Moody won a silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

He also competed at the 1948 Olympics.

Moody joined the South London Harriers in 1946 and quickly made his mark, earning his first international honours for GB v France when he won the Shot before taking part in the Olympics in 1948 and the British Empire Games. Moody emigrated to New Zealand where he joined the Lynndale AA & HC where he continued to compete for several years, winning the NZ Shot in 1952/53 and Discus in 1953.

Personal life

In 1957, Moody became a naturalised New Zealand citizen. He served as borough mayor of Glen Eden in Auckland from 1965 to 1971. Harold Moody Reserve, a popular Glen Eden sports park and home ground for the Glenora Bears rugby league team, bears his name.

Moody died on 12 September 1986, and his ashes were buried in Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland.

References

1. ^ "Record for Harold Ernest Arundel Moody". Auckland Council. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
3. "1950 Athletes". Team England.
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harold Moody Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
5. "South London Harriers - Harold Ernest Arundel Moody". www.southlondonharriers.org. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
6. "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
7. Vela 1989, pp. 92.
8. "Harold Moody Reserve". aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

Bibliography

• Vela, Pauline, ed. (1989). In Those Days: An Oral History of Glen Eden. Glen Eden Borough Council. ISBN 0-473-00862-9.

External links

• Harold Moody at Olympedia
• Harold Moody at Team GB
• Harold Moody at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

• 1915 births
• 1986 deaths
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
• British male shot putters
• English male shot putters
• Olympic athletes for Great Britain
• Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
• Athletes from the London Borough of Southwark
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
• Mayors of places in the Auckland Region
• Naturalised citizens of New Zealand
• English emigrants to New Zealand
• Burials at Waikumete Cemetery
• Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
• New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
• People from Camberwell
• 20th-century English sportsmen