Roger Midgley
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| Personal information | |||
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| Born |
23 November 1924 Plympton, England | ||
| Died | 12 December 2019 (aged 95) | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1947–1960 | Royal Navy & Combined Services | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Great Britain | |||
| England | |||
Medal record | |||
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Roger Keith Midgley (23 November 1924 – 12 December 2019)[1] was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Midgley represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, winning a bronze medal. He played all three matches as a back.[2][3]
Midley served with the Royal Navy and would eventually be promoted to the rank of commander.[2] He captained the Royal Navy and Combined Services hockey teams and made his England debut in 1951 during the Festival of Britain Games.[2]
He played representative hockey for the Hockey Association and county hockey for Devon[4] and Hampshire.[2]
References
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External links
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- Roger Midgley's profile at databaseOlympics
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2019 deaths
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs