Wilfred Pallott
Welsh field hockey player
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Wilfred James Pallot (5 November 1884 – 17 November 1957)[1] was a field hockey player from Wales, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics who won the bronze medal as a member of the Welsh team.[2]
Cardiff, Wales
St. Brides-super-Ely, Wales
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| Born |
5 November 1884 Cardiff, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Died |
7 November 1957 (aged 73) St. Brides-super-Ely, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | Whitchurch | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| 1908 | Wales | 11 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Pallott was born in Cardiff, a son of a Jersey mariner who died at sea in 1896, when he was 11-years-old.[3]
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.[4]
He played club hockey for Whitchurch Hockey Club and South Wales at representative level.[5]
By trade, Pallott was an accountant. From 1928 to his death in 1957 he was a senior partner with Richard Leyshon & Co. in Cardiff.[3]
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