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- John_Cheffers abstract "Dr. John Cheffers (13 May 1936 in Melbourne, Australia - 28 October 2012) was the second Director of the Australian Institute of Sport. He succeeded Don Talbot as AIS Director in 1984 and stayed in the role until 1986. Ronald Harvey took over the directorship of the Institute after his departure.John was a Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Human Movement Program at Boston University and contributed a number of [journal articles] on sport and physical education. Dr. Cheffers first came to note as an athletics coach. His most successful athlete was Jean Roberts who won several Commonwealth Games silver and bronze in the Discus and Shot Put during the 1960s and 1970s. He also played four senior games with Carlton in the Victorian Football League in 1955, as well as being a fitness advisor to Hawthorn in the mid 1960s.In 1968 John became the head athletic coach for Zimbabwe, then called Rhodesia. His experiences coaching the multiracial team that was selected are detailed in his book: "A Wilderness of Spite: Rhodesia Denied". This team was denied entry to Mexico for the Olympics by the Mexican government, and was, de facto, banned from the Olympic Games at this point. John has a strong belief, as a result of this time, that politics should not interfere in sport.Mathias Kanda and Bernard Dzoma were two African athletes selected to run in this team who were effected by the Sporting Boycotts of that time who John coached at this time. Andrew Novak has two treatises that have a comprehensive picture of Rhodesian sport and its participation in the Olympic Games at.In 1969 John was appointed head athletic coach for Papua New Guinea and led them to the third South Pacific Games in Port Moresby, New Guinea.Receiving his Masters of Education in 1970, and his Doctorate of Education in 1973, both from Temple University in Philadelphia, John moved north to Boston where he worked for Boston University. In 1972, Dr. Cheffers, an SED Professor Emeritus, founded the BU School of Education’s Tuesday-Thursday Physical Education Program. The program is recognized internationally for its unconventional teaching and learning environment. It is also one of BU’s longest-running community service initiatives involving the city of Boston.John Cheffers' work on violence in sports was featured in Sports IllustratedFollowing his tenure at the Australian Institute of Sport, John returned to academia and was President of AIESEP (Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique) from 1984 to 1998.John Cheffers died on 28 October 2012 while on a plane en route from San Francisco to Sydney. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, his four children, Paul, Mark, Leigh and Andrew, and 17 grandchildren.".
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