Alexander Burt
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
9 April 1884 Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Died |
1 February 1967 (aged 82) Cleland, Scotland | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1908 | Rutherglen | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | |
| 1905–1910 | Scotland | 20 | |
Medal record | |||
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Alexander Baird Burt (9 April 1884 – 1 February 1967) was a field hockey player from Scotland who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the Scottish team, which won the bronze medal. His brother, John, also was a member of the Scottish team.[1][2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Burt was born in Glasgow to a farming family and played club hockey for Rutherglen Hockey Club.[3][4]
Burt emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and was a leather merchant by trade but would return to Scotland in later life.[3]
References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1967 deaths
- Scottish male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs
- Scottish field hockey biography stubs