Neil Nugent
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| Personal information | |||
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| Born | 6 December 1926 | ||
| Died | 12 April 2018 (aged 91) | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1949–1952 | Gravesend | ||
| 1952–1956 | Tulse Hill | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Great Britain | |||
| England | |||
Medal record | |||
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Neil Algernon David Nugent (6 November 1926 – 12 April 2018)[1] was a British field hockey player and RAF Wing Commander, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Nugent studied in St.George's College, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India from 1934 to 1944.[3]
Nugent played hockey for Gravesend and Tulse Hill at club level and Kent at county level.[2][4]
He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,[2][5] winning the bronze medal. He played two matches as forward, but due to injury did not appear in all of the games and did not receive a medal with the rest of team.
In 1953, Nugent joined the Royal Air Force as a Flying Officer and would eventually be promoted to the rank of Wing Commander.[2]
He was retroactively awarded his medal in 2010, along with one of his teammates, 58 years on. He died in April 2018 at the age of 91.[3]
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External links
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- Neil Nugent's profile at databaseOlympics
- British Olympians Sir Derek Day and Neil Nugent set to Receive Medals 58 Years Late
- 1926 births
- 2018 deaths
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Royal Air Force wing commanders
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs