Reggie Pridmore

For the English motorcycle racer, see Reg Pridmore.

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]

Reggie Pridmore

Personal information
Born	(1886-04-29)29 April 1886 Edgbaston, England
Died	13 March 1918(1918-03-13) (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 Men's field hockey Representing  Great Britain 1908 London Team competition

Reggie Pridmore

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 14 Runs scored 315 Batting average 12.60 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 49 Catches/stumpings 7/–
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]

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I