Colin Campbell (field hockey)
British field hockey player (1887–1955)
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Colin Herbert Campbell (4 November 1887 – 25 August 1955) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics as a member of the British field hockey team, which won the gold medal.[1]
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| Born | 4 November 1887 Rocester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 August 1955 (aged 67) Stafford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Half-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
During World War I Campbell served with the Royal Field Artillery.[2]
Campbell played club hockey for Stafford, Wolverhampton[2] and representative hockey for Staffordshire and the Midlands.[3]
At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he represented Great Britain at the hockey tournament.[4]
By trade, Campbell worked in the family businesses called The Campbell Tile Company and Mintons Chinaware, the latter of which was merged into the famous Royal Doulton company in 1968.[2]
