Kevin Herlihy

Kevin Herlihy
MBE
Personal information
Full nameKevin Francis Herlihy
National teamNew Zealand
Born(1947-08-19)19 August 1947
Wellington, New Zealand
Died5 July 2006(2006-07-05) (aged 58)
Hamilton, New Zealand
EducationSt Patrick's College, Wellington
Spouse
Sandra Gillian Mollier
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(m. 1969)​
Sport
SportSoftball
PositionPitcher
Achievements and titles
World finals1976, 1984

Kevin Francis Herlihy MBE (19 August 1947 – 5 July 2006) was a New Zealand softball player.

Born in Wellington on 19 August 1947, Herlihy was educated at St Patrick's College, Wellington from 1961 to 1965.[1] In 1969, he married Sandra Gillian Mollier, and the couple had two children.[1]

A pitcher, Herlihy played for the New Zealand national softball team between 1966 and 1984, and was named New Zealand softballer of the year on three occasions.[1] He was a member of the New Zealand team at six Men's Softball World Championships, winning the title in 1976 (finishing first equal with Canada) and in 1984.[2] In the 1985 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to softball,[3] and in 1990 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.[2]

Herlihy died in Waikato Hospital in Hamilton on 5 July 2006, after suffering two heart attacks in a two-week period and undergoing heart surgery.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. ISSN 1172-9813.
  2. ^ a b "Kevin Herlihy". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  3. ^ "No. 49970". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1984. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Obituary: Kevin Herlihy". The New Zealand Herald. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2022.


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