Hugh Neilson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 May 1884 Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Died |
16 October 1930 (aged 46) Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1908 | Rutherglen | ||
| 1913 | Western | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Scotland | |||
Medal record | |||
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Hugh Edwin Beaumont Neilson (5 May 1884 – 16 October 1930) was a Scottish field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team.[1]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Neilson was born in Glasgow, the son of steel founder and lost both parents by the age of 10.[1] He studied at the University of Sheffield.[2]
He represented his country at tennis, badminton and field hockey and played club hockey for Rutherglen Hockey Club[1] and later Western Hockey Club.[3]
He was a marine engineer by trade.[1]
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- 1884 births
- 1930 deaths
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Scottish male field hockey players
- Neilson family
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Scottish Olympic medallist stubs
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs
- Scottish field hockey biography stubs