Melville George Arthur Pearce (9 January 1928 – 27 April 2011) was an Indian-born Australian

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player. He competed in the men's tournament at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

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* 1928 births 2011 deaths People from Jabalpur Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh Field hockey players from Perth, Western Australia Australian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Australia Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Anglo-Indian people Indian emigrants to Australia Australian people of Anglo-Indian descent Australian sportspeople of Indian descent {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub