Anthony Braemar Ineson (born 23 April 1950 in

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) is a former

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player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the

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. Ineson was the captain of the 1976 gold medal winning hockey team. His brother

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was a New Zealand representative at the

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. Ineson was elected, with the rest of the Gold medal winning team, to the

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in 1990.

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