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Roger Midgley
British field hockey player (1924–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roger Keith Midgley (23 November 1924 – 12 December 2019)[1] was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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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.[2][3]
Midley served with the Royal Navy and would eventually be promoted to the rank of commander.[2] He captained the Royal Navy and Combined Services hockey teams and made his England debut in 1951 during the Festival of Britain Games.[2]
He played representative hockey for the Hockey Association and county hockey for Devon[4] and Hampshire.[2]
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