Arthur Tunstall (22 February 1922 – 11 February 2016) was an Australian and international sport administrator, particularly in relation to boxing and the

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. His Sport Australia Hall of Fame citation read that he was a "pioneer voluntary Australian sports administrator and the key person in amateur boxing and the Australian Commonwealth Games movement across the second half of last century."

Personal

Tunstall was born in 1922 in Australia. He left school at the age of 14 and by the age of 16, he was working as a scale-making apprentice. At 25, he purchased a sandwich shop. After 19 years, he moved into insurance, which he sold for 14 years. He met his wife Peggy at Redleaf Pool,

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and they were married for 67 years until her death in January 2013. Peggy's support for her husband's work resulted in her being made a life member of the

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and being awarded the Medal of the

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. He lived in the

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suburb of Double Bay for most of his life.

Sport administration

Boxing

Tunstall became involved in boxing through the (now long-defunct) recreation centre in Double Bay. It was where he met Les Duff, the president of the NSW Amateur Boxing Association (NSWABA), who suggested that he should apply for the association's upcoming secretary position. As Tunstall commented: "I got that job and held it for 60 bloody years!". Tunstall was a lllMember of the NSWABA for 59 years and the honorary secretary for 46 years. During these years he has attended hundreds of boxing tournaments acting as referee, judge, coach, and arena manager. For 46 years from 1953, he was honorary secretary and treasurer of the Amateur Boxing Union of Australia (ABUA). Tunstall held several high level positions in regional boxing associations. In 1968, he was the inaugural honorary secretary of the Oceania Amateur Boxing Association (OABA) and in 1989 became its president. In 1978, when the Commonwealth Amateur Boxing Association was established, he was appointed honorary secretary. In 1989, he was elected to the position of vice-president of the Oceania Bureau by the

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(AIBA), and was appointed as the chairman of the Technical and Rules Commission. He was appointed as technical delegate at three

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– 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona, and 1996 Atlanta. No other person on the International Association has been chosen for this position three times. He was also technical delegate at World Championships, Junior World Championships twice and the Commonwealth Games. In 1991, he was chairman of the 6th

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