Derek Day
British diplomat and hockey player
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Sir Derek Malcolm Day KCMG (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015)[1] was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed ta the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Barnet, England
Goudhurst, England
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born |
29 November 1927 Barnet, England | |||||||||||||
| Died |
7 March 2015 (aged 87) Goudhurst, England | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1953 | Southgate | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| – | Great Britain | |||||||||||||
| – | England | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Day was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] In between his studies he completed National Service in the Royal Artillery.[3]
He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.[3][4] winning a bronze medal.[5] Day competed in all of the matches except the bronze medal play off when Graham Dadds was given an opportunity to play.[3]
He played hockey for Southgate Hockey Club at club level and Middlesex at county level.[6]
Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made KCMG in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.[7]
