Bill Lindsay-Smith
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| Born |
19 November 1921 Burma | |||||||||||||
| Died | 29 August 2012 (aged 90) | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right-half | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1950–1956 | Ruthin | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
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| Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Wales | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Aubrey Lindsay-Smith (19 November 1921 – 29 August 2012) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal.[1]
Biography
Lindsay-Smith was born in Burma, due to the fact that his father was a divisional forest officer there. The family moved to Wales in 1944 and Bill attended the University College of North Wales.[1] He followed his father into the Forestry Commission and worked as a District Officer for Gwydir Forest and then Aberystwyth.[1]
He played hockey at University and played his club hockey for Ruthin Hockey Club and represented Wales at international level.[2][3]
He received the call up for the Olympics in May 1952[4] and was one of three Welshman in the team with Graham Dadds and John Paskin Taylor.[5] He subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Final Welsh hockey trial". Western Mail. 19 February 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Trial". Western Mail. 17 March 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Trial". Birmingham Daily Post. 26 May 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Welshmaen in Olympics hockey team". Western Mail. 27 May 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 18 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.