Ian Eric "Occ" Occleshaw (1928-2015) was a professional tennis player and coach.
He was a member of the Linton Cup team in 1947, managed Linton Cup and Wilson Cup teams on several occasions, coached Peter McNamara and Alan Stone and is one of the founders of Tennis Coaches Australia Victoria (TCAV).
He was Peter McNamara's and Alan Stone's personal coach.
[1] Occleshaw owned four courts in West Coburg, managed the Linton Cup team and Wilson Cup team, conducted tournaments for the Glen Iris Recreational Club (Glen Iris' Junior tournament – 30 years), TCAV (TCAV juniors – 7 years) and the Victorian government (Victorian schoolboys/schoolgirls tournaments – 8 years).
He started and ran solidarity clinics in Brunei and Fiji, was a member of the Tennis Australia Development Board (8 years), a State Selector for the VTA (20 years), president, secretary and member of the TCAV board.