Roger Midgley
field hockey player
- November 23, 1924 · Plympton
- December 12, 2019
- 95 years
About Roger Midgley
Roger Midgley, 95, British field hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
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|Roger Keith Midgley (23 November 1924 – 12 December 2019) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Midgley represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, winning a bronze medal. He played all three matches as a back.
Midley served with the Royal Navy and would eventually be promoted to the rank of commander. He captained the Royal Navy and Combined Services hockey teams and made his England debut in 1951 during the Festival of Britain Games.
He played representative hockey for the Hockey Association and county hockey for Devon and Hampshire.
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