Charles Ian McMillan Jones, also known as Kim Jones FRSA (11 October 1934 – 24 November 2016) was an English sportsman and academic who served as teacher and educational administrator from 1960 to 1997. He represented Great Britain at field hockey and participated at the 1960 and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also played cricket at a high level, between 1959 and 1969, including appearing in the 1969 Gillette Cup.
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Biography
Born in Leeds, Jones was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and at St John's College, Cambridge. He was a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, between 1953 and 1955, head of the geography department at Bishop's Stortford College, between 1960 and 1970, and vice-principal of King William's College, between 1971 and 1975. He was headmaster of Bedford School, between 1975 and 1986, director of studies at Britannia Royal Naval College, between 1986 and 1988, and project director at CfBT Education Trust, between 1988 and 1997.
Hockey
Jones played field hockey for Hertfordshire, Cambridge University, England and Great Britain, representing Great Britain in the 1960 and the 1964 Olympic Games. He was manager of the England Schoolboy Hockey XI, between 1967 and 1974, manager of the England Hockey XI, between 1968 and 1969, and president of the English Schoolboys Hockey Association, between 1980 and 1988.