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{{Short description|New Zealand middle-distance runner}}
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| nationals        = 1 mile champion (1951, 1952)<ref name="Hollings">{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |access-date=8 May 2017 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings | page=21}}</ref>
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'''Maurice''' "'''Moss'''" '''Lane Marshall''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (12 January 1927 – 16 May 2013) was a New Zealand [[middle distance running|middle-distance]] [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]].

==Early life and family==
Marshall was born in [[Thames, New Zealand|Thames]] on 12 January 1927,<ref name="SportsReference"/> the son of Henry Horace Marshall and Constance Marshall (née Hill).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Maurice-Marshall/6000000041456035218 |title=Maurice Lane Marshall |website=Geni |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref> In 1954, he married Elizabeth Mary "Betty" Conradi at All Hallows Chapel, [[Southwell School]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], and the couple went on to have three children.<ref name="Chronicle">{{cite journal |date=2013 |title=Obituary: Maurice Marshall |url=http://www.southwell.school.nz/viewobj.cfm/dec_20131.pdf?file_name=dec_20131.pdf&objID=87 |journal=Chronicle |publisher=Southwell School |issue=December 2013 |pages=1 |access-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410103959/http://www.southwell.school.nz/viewobj.cfm/dec_20131.pdf?file_name=dec_20131.pdf&objID=87 |archive-date=10 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Athletics==
Marshall represented New Zealand at the [[New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games|1950 British Empire Games]] in [[Auckland]], where he won a bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games|1 mile]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/maurice-marshall |title=Maurice Marshall |year=2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref>

The following year, he won the first of his two New Zealand national athletics titles, winning the 1 mile in a time of 4:17.7.<ref name="Hollings"/> In 1952, he won his second 1-mile championship, in a personal best time of 4:11.8.<ref name="Hollings"/><ref name="SportsReference"/>

Marshall competed for New Zealand at the [[New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki Olympics]] in both the [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]] and the [[Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|800 m]], but did not progress beyond the heats.<ref name="SportsReference"/>

==Teaching career==
A schoolteacher, Marshall joined the staff of Southwell School in Hamilton in 1953.<ref name="Chronicle"/> After a period of teaching in Fiji and at [[Ngongotahā]], he returned to Southwell, and was appointed headmaster in 1972.<ref name="Chronicle"/> He retired in 1988, but served as caretaker headmaster for a term in 1994.<ref name="Chronicle"/> During his tenure as head, the school roll grew from 160 to 325.<ref name="Chronicle"/>

==Honours==
In the [[1989 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1989 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Marshall was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to education and sport.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=51774 |date=17 June 1989 |page=32 |supp=3}}</ref> Parallel streets in Hamilton, Marshall Street and Holland Road, were named after Marshall and his Olympic teammate, [[John Holland (athlete)|John Holland]].<ref name="Chronicle"/>

==Death==
Marshall died at his home in Hamilton on 16 May 2013,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=maurice-lane-marshall&pid=164828098 |title=Maurice Lane Marshall death notice |date=18 May 2013 |work=New Zealand Herald |access-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> and his funeral was held in All Hallows Chapel at Southwell.<ref name="Chronicle"/> He was buried in Hamilton Park Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx?surname=marshall&forename=maurice |title=Cemetery search |publisher=Hamilton City Council |access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Olympics.com profile|%0Amaurice-marshall}}

{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
{{1952 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{Footer New Zealand NC 1500 m men}}

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