Colin Campbell (field hockey)
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| Born |
4 November 1887 Rocester, England | |||||||||||||
| Died |
25 August 1955 (aged 67) Stafford, England | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Half-back | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1913–1920 | Stafford | |||||||||||||
| Wolverhampton | ||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
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| England | ||||||||||||||
| GB | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Colin Herbert Campbell (4 November 1887 – 25 August 1955) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics as a member of the British field hockey team, which won the gold medal.[1]
Biography
During World War I Campbell served with the Royal Field Artillery.[2]
Campbell played club hockey for Stafford, Wolverhampton[2] and representative hockey for Staffordshire and the Midlands.[3]
At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he represented Great Britain at the hockey tournament.[4]
By trade Campbell worked in the family businesses called The Campbell Tile Company and Mintons Chinaware, the latter of which was merged into the famous Royal Doulton company in 1968.[2]
References
- ^ "Colin Campbell's profile". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "County hockey trial". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 24 October 1913. Retrieved 24 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Hockey". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 31 July 1920. Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.