- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2176
Wicks, Tory Marcella
- Wicks, Pretoria
- Born 13 May, 1900, Waverley New South Wales Australia
- Died 8 February, 1977, Darlinghurst New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Hockey player, Sports administrator
Summary
Tory Wicks was a hockey player, coach and administrator whose commitment to the sport extended over fifty years and did not diminish upon her retirement. A fit and reliable player on and off the field (she played full back) she once declared, ‘I know of no better passport around the world than a hockey stick’.
Events
- 1923 - 1935
- 1925 - 1935
- 1930
- 1953
- 1935 - 1956
- 1990
Published resources
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Resource Section
- Wicks, Tory Marcella (1900 - 1977), Stell, Marion, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160647b.htm
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Wicks, Tory Marcella (1900-1977), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-714097