{{Short description|Australian sporting administrator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Bill Pulver | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = William Pulver | birth_date = c. 1959<!-- {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|10}} --> | birth_place = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = University of New South Wales | occupation = Chief Executive Officer | years_active = | employer = Australian Rugby Union | organization = | known_for = Corporate executive<br/>Father of Mosman bomb hoax victim | title = | term = | predecessor = John O'Neill | successor = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | footnotes = }}
'''William Pulver''' is an Australian former sporting administrator. He was the CEO of the Australian Rugby Union after succeeding John O'Neill in early 2013.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/michael-hawker-passes-ball-to-schoolboy-mate-bill-pulver/story-e6frg7o6-1226550687472 Michael Hawker passes ball to schoolboy mate Bill Pulver], by Wayne Smith, The Australian, dated 10 January 2013.</ref>
Pulver's daughter Madeleine was the victim of the Mosman bomb hoax in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Wayne |title=Collar bomb dad Bill Pulver named new rugby boss |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/bill-pulver-tipped-as-new-aru-ceo/story-e6frg7o6-1226550259844 |work=The Australian |date=9 January 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202131032/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/rugby-union/bill-pulver-tipped-as-new-aru-ceo/story-e6frg7o6-1226550259844 |archivedate=2 February 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Pulver attended Shore School, class of 1977,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shoreoldboys.org.au/news/congratulations-bill-pulver-77-old-boy |title=CONGRATULATIONS BILL PULVER (77 OLD BOY) | Shore Old Boys' Union |publisher=Shoreoldboys.org.au |accessdate=2013-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023458/http://www.shoreoldboys.org.au/news/congratulations-bill-pulver-77-old-boy |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and then the University of New South Wales. He is a member of the 2013 Board of Trustees for the Shore School Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shore.nsw.edu.au/community/shore-foundation/board-of-trustees |title=Board of Trustees - Sydney Church of England Grammar School |publisher=Shore.nsw.edu.au |accessdate=2013-01-11}}</ref>
Pulver is married with four children.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tabakoff|first=Nick|title=William Pulver a local boy who made it big|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/william-pulver-a-local-boy-who-made-it-big/story-fn7x8me2-1226108601217|accessdate=11 January 2013|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=5 August 2011}}</ref> The family owns properties in Mosman, Avoca Beach, and Bungendore.<ref>{{cite web|last=Budd |first=Henry |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/the-latest-developments-in-the-madeleine-pulver-collar-bomb-hoax-case/story-e6freuy9-1226115690988 |title=The latest developments in the Madeleine Pulver collar bomb hoax case|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia |date=2011-08-16 |accessdate=2013-01-11}}</ref>
==See also== * Israel Folau
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{succession box|title= Australian Rugby Union CEO|before=John O'Neill |after=Raelene Castle |years=2013–2017}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pulver, Bill}} Category:Australian sports executives and administrators Category:Rugby union people in Australia Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:People educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School