Stuart Melville, born on January 1, 1950, was one of the fine New Zealand middle-distance athletes who made the world sit up and take notice in the early 1970s.

Melville, a product of King's High School in Dunedin, was a talented rugby player, a winger in his college first XV. But it was athletics that claimed him. Coached for much of the time by Otago Daily Times sports writer Alistair McMurran, Melville was a consistent and well-performed athlete.

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