Birth Date: | 8 March 1944 |
Birth Place: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
Arthur William Busch (born 8 March 1944 in Ipswich, Queensland) is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1] Busch and his teammates defeated India in the semi-final but lost to Pakistan in the final game.[2] Busch was also a member of the Australian national team that participated in an international field hockey tournament in Pakistan in March 1969.[3] He was the goalkeeper in an international match in August, 1969 between Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand, which had finished seventh in the 1968 Olympics, won by a score of 2–1.[4]
Busch attended Ipswich Grammar School.[5] Busch was Ipswich Hockey's Australian representative from 1967 to 1973.[6]