Reggie Pridmore
English field hockey player and cricketer
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Reginald George Pridmore MC (29 April 1886 – 13 March 1918) was a field hockey player,[1] who won the gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[2]
Edgbaston, England
Piave River, Venezia, Italy
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| Born |
29 April 1886 Edgbaston, England | |||||||||||||
| Died |
13 March 1918 (aged 31) Piave River, Venezia, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Inside-left | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1904–1914 | Coventry & North Warwicks | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 1908–1913 | England | 19 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Biography
Pridmore was educated at Elstow School, Elstow and Bedford Grammar School. He played club hockey for Coventry & North Warwicks Hockey Club.[3]
At the 1908 Olympic Games, Pridmore set an Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic final in men's field hockey with his 4 goals in England's 8–1 victory. This record stood till the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where India's Balbir Singh Sr. scored 5 goals in India's 6–1 victory over the Netherlands.
Pridmore was also a cricketer, and played first-class cricket as a right-hand batsman for Warwickshire. He was a stockbroker by trade.[3]
Pridmore, was killed in action, aged 31, during the First World War,[4] serving as a major with the Royal Field Artillery near the Piave River in Italy.[5] He was buried at the Giavera British Cemetery nearby.[6]
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