| Ian Ward | |
| Birth Date: | 25 February 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Preston, Lancashire |
| Death Date: | 8 March 2006 (aged 77) |
| Death Place: | Todmorden |
Ian Ward (25 February 1929 – 8 March 2006), was a male athlete who competed for England.
Ward was educated at Hutton Grammar School before earning a teaching certificate in physical education at Loughborough College. He then obtained a master's degree's at the University of Leeds, a Graduate Fellowship at University of North Carolina and a PhD from the University of Liverpool. He then played rugby for Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.[1]
He represented England in the pole vault at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2] [3]
His father Frank Ward played football for Preston North End F.C.[1]