{{Short description|Australian athlete, hockey player, golfer, and sports administrator (1931–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} '''Daphne Pirie''', MBE<ref>{{cite web|title=Queensland Sports Museum Ambassadors|url=http://www.qldsportsmuseum.com.au/ambassadors|website=Queensland Sports Museum|accessdate=24 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216211911/http://qldsportsmuseum.com.au/ambassadors|archivedate=16 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> AO<ref>{{cite news|last1=Varley|first1=Russell|title=Queen's Birthday awards honour Gold Coast pair|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-11/queens-birthday-awards-honour-gold-coast-pair/4063684|accessdate=24 May 2017|work=The Courier Mail|date=11 June 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031013341/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-11/queens-birthday-awards-honour-gold-coast-pair/4063684|archivedate=31 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> née '''Welch'''; (21 December 1931 – 1 April 2022)<ref>{{cite web|title=Daphne Pirie|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2250b.htm|website=The Australian Women's Register|accessdate=24 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316061105/http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2250b.htm|archivedate=16 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>[https://www.mygc.com.au/gold-coast-sporting-icon-daphne-pirie-dies-aged-90/ Gold Coast sporting icon Daphne Pirie dies aged 90]</ref> was an Australian athlete, hockey player, and golfer, and a sports administrator and world-ranked Masters Athlete.<ref>{{Citation | title=Pirie, Daphne, (MBE) (1931-) | journal=Trove | publication-date=2009 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-715068 | access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
In 1989, Pirie was awarded a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to hockey.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Daphne Mary Pirie|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1087342|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606180809/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1087342 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |access-date=2021-01-04|website=It's An Honour}}</ref> She was the first female vice-president of the Queensland Olympic Council and, in 2011, she received the International Olympic Committee Women and Sport trophy for Oceania.<ref>{{cite web|title=IOC honours Daphne Pirie|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/ioc-honours-daphne-pirie|website=Australian Olympic Committee|accessdate=24 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425000245/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/news/ioc-honours-daphne-pirie|archivedate=25 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeffery|first1=Nicole|title=Daphne Pirie honoured to receive IOC Women and Sport trophy award|work=The Australian|date=23 June 2011}}</ref>
In 2012, Pirie was named a Queensland Great on Queensland Day and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for her services to sports administration, hockey and as an advocate for women and girls in sport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2012-recipients/|title=2012 Queensland Greats recipients|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531055129/https://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/qld-greats-awards/2012-recipients/|archive-date=31 May 2017|url-status=live|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Daphne inducted into Queensland Sport Hall of Fame|url=http://hockeyqld.com.au/News/daphne-inducted-into-queensland-sport-hall-of-fame|website=Hockey Queensland|accessdate=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Queensland Sport Hall of Fame|url=http://www.qsport.org.au/qshof/biography.asp?ID=174|website=QSport|accessdate=24 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217013740/http://qsport.org.au/qshof/biography.asp?ID=174|archivedate=17 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Daphne Pirie awarded Order of Australia|url=http://www.golfindustrycentral.com.au/golf-industry-news/daphne-pirie-awarded-order-of-australia/|website=Golf Industry Central|accessdate=24 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327054128/http://www.golfindustrycentral.com.au/golf-industry-news/daphne-pirie-awarded-order-of-australia/|archivedate=27 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Pirie was the founding president for Womensport Queensland and is an inductee in both the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame and Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame. She held life memberships with Hockey Australia, Women's Hockey Australia and Hockey Queensland and was a board member of the Queensland Academy of Sport and President of the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|title=Australia Day attracts all-star ambassadors|url=https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/australia-day-attracts-all-star-ambassadors/1722407/|accessdate=24 May 2017|work=The Chronicle|date=18 January 2013}}</ref>
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