Dr. John Theodore Francis Cheffers (13 May 1936 in Melbourne, Australia – 28 October 2012) was the second Director of the Australian Institute of Sport.
[5] Anna Karner, who won several Australian shot put and discus titles in the 1970s, was also coached by John Cheffers.
[6] John also played four senior games with Carlton in the Victorian Football League in 1955,[7] as well as being a fitness advisor to Hawthorn in the mid 1960s.
His experiences coaching the multiracial team that was selected are detailed in his book A Wilderness of Spite: Rhodesia Denied.
[12][13] Following his tenure at the Australian Institute of Sport, Cheffers returned to academia and was President of AIESEP (Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique) from 1984 to 1998.