William Smith (field hockey)
English field hockey player
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William Faulder Smith (14 November 1886 – 3 March 1937) was an English field hockey player from Carlisle,[1] who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2]
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| Born | 14 November 1886 Carlisle, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 March 1937 (aged 50) Marylebone, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Outside-right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Smith was educated at Marlborough College and studied at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he won a blue in 1909.[3]
After University he played club hockey for Beckenham and county hockey for Kent.[4]
He also played for Blackheath, and later Lowestoft and the East.[3]
In 1911, he made his England debut and during World War I he served as a lieutenant in the British Army.[3]
At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he represented Great Britain at the hockey tournament.[5]
After his playing career, he worked as a director in the family businesses: the textile manufacturers Stapley & Smith and the insurance brokers Smith & Burns.[3]
