Neil Nugent

Neil Algernon David Nugent (6 November 1926 – 12 April 2018)^[1] was a British field hockey player and RAF Wing Commander, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Neil Nugent

Personal information
Born	6 December 1926
Died	12 April 2018 (aged 91)
Senior career
Years	Team
1949–1952	Gravesend
1952–1956	Tulse Hill
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	Great Britain
	England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Great Britain 1952 Helsinki Team competition

Biography

Nugent studied in St.George's College, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India from 1934 to 1944.^[3]

Nugent played hockey for Gravesend and Tulse Hill at club level and Kent at county level.^[2][4]

He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,^[2][5] winning the bronze medal. He played two matches as forward, but due to injury did not appear in all of the games and did not receive a medal with the rest of team.

In 1953, Nugent joined the Royal Air Force as a Flying Officer and would eventually be promoted to the rank of Wing Commander.^[2]

He was retroactively awarded his medal in 2010, along with one of his teammates, 58 years on. He died in April 2018 at the age of 91.^[3]