Dr. John Tickell (born 29 January 1945) is an Australian doctor, businessman, author, former athlete and speaker. In his younger days, Tickell played Australian rules football, first with the

University Blues Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University, is an Australian rules football club based at the University of Melbourne. The club fields two teams, known as the "Blacks" and "Blues", who both compete in the Victorian Ama ...

team and later with the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(now known as the AFL). In a brief career spanning 1965–66, he played 18 games with the Hawks for 2 goals. During this time he graduated from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

with a degree in medicine. Tickell later became a general practitioner,

obstetrician Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgic ...

and a specialist practitioner in

sports medicine Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the ...

. He has written several books, the most notable being ''The Great Australian Diet'' and ''Laughter, Sex, Vegetables & Fish''. He has also appeared on television shows such as ''

Celebrity Overhaul Celebrity Overhaul was a reality television and infotainment show on Australia's Nine Network in which celebrities undergo a rigorous exercise and diet regime aimed at improving their fitness, health and general lifestyle, with the particular g ...

'' providing advice on healthier lifestyle. Among his business achievements including the collaboration with Jack Nicklaus in creating the Heritage Golf and Residential Country Club in

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

. He has also appeared as a

public speaker Public speaking, also called oratory or oration, has traditionally meant the act of speaking face to face to a live audience. Today it includes any form of speaking (formally and informally) to an audience, including pre-recorded speech deliver ...

on issues such as how to turn stress into success and how to live a longer, healthier life.

External links

Ovations - public speaker profileOfficial site profileTickell's ICMI speaker biography
* 1945 births Living people Australian sports physicians Hawthorn Football Club players University Blues Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub