Harry Freeman (field hockey)
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| Born |
7 February 1876 Staines, Middlesex, England [1] | |||||||||||||
| Died |
5 October 1968 (aged 92) Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England[2] | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Full-back | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1899–1913 | Staines | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 1903–1908 | England | 10 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harry Scott Freeman (7 February 1876 – 5 October 1968) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the Great Britain team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[3]
Biography
Freeman took up hocky aged 18 in 1894 and was one of five brothers that played for Staines Hockey Club between 1894 and 1922.[4]
He made his England debut in 1903 and captained his club[4] and county Middlesex.[5] He also captained the South at representative level, which led to him being chosen as the captain for the 1908 Olympic Games.[4] He retired from international hockey after the Olmpics although he did continue to play at club level and was later the Honorary Treasurer of the Hockey Association. He was a solicitor by profession and was involved with the Thames Amateur Rowing Association, Thames United Sailing Club, Upper Thames Sailing Club and Staines Boat Club.[4]
References
- ^ General Register Office index of births registered in January, February, March, 1876 - Name: Freeman, Harry S District: Staines Volume: 3A Page: 16.
- ^ General Register Office index of deaths registered in October, November, December, 1968 - Name: Freeman, Harry S Age: 92 District: Wycombe Volume: 6A Page: 522.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Freeman Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Harry Freeman". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "Hockey". Sporting Life. 30 November 1899. Retrieved 4 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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