{{Short description|Australian academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} Emeritus professor '''Brian Stoddart''' is an Australian academic who was the vice-chancellor of La Trobe University between 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rood |first=David |date=24 December 2005 |title=La Trobe 'flatline' has to go: new chief |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/la-trobe-flatline-has-to-go-new-chief/2005/12/23/1135032184015.html |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |access-date=28 August 2018 }}</ref> He is a well-known commentator on sporting matters,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Da Boss|last1=BUCKLE|first1=GREG|date=10 January 2016|work=Herald Sun|last2=SEWELL|first2=ELIZA|page=27}}</ref> being involved in the foundation of the Australian Institute of Sport<ref>{{cite news |last=Fickling |first=David |date=24 February 2003 |title=Sea change |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/feb/24/sportsscience.davidfickling |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=28 August 2018 }}</ref> and being the author of many books exploring the history and importance of sports in society.<ref>[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Stoddart,%20Brian%22&iknowwhatimean=1 Book catalogue]</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title='Madras is a fabulously evocative city'|last=Raghavan|first=Nikhil|date=17 April 2016|work=The Hindu}}</ref>
Stoddart's latest book, published in July 2025, was ''Playing the Game – How Cricket Made Barbados''. In a review for ''Newtown Review of Books'', Bernard Whimpress described it as "important work and essential reading for anyone who cares not only about the direction of West Indies cricket but the future of the global game".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whimpress |first=Bernard |date=2025-11-03 |title=Brian Stoddart: Playing the Game: How cricket made Barbados |url=https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/brian-stoddart-playing-the-game-how-cricket-made-barbados-reviewed-by-bernard-whimpress/ |access-date=2026-01-17 |website=Newtown Review of Books |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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