Neil Nugent
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| Born | 6 December 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 April 2018 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Algernon David Nugent (6 November 1926 – 12 April 2018)[1] was a British field hockey player and RAF Wing Commander, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
[edit]Nugent studied in St.George's College, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India from 1934 to 1944.[3]
Nugent played hockey for Gravesend and Tulse Hill at club level and Kent at county level.[2][4]
He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,[2][5] winning the bronze medal. He played two matches as forward, but due to injury did not appear in all of the games and did not receive a medal with the rest of team.
In 1953, Nugent joined the Royal Air Force as a Flying Officer and would eventually be promoted to the rank of Wing Commander.[2]
He was retroactively awarded his medal in 2010, along with one of his teammates, 58 years on. He died in April 2018 at the age of 91.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Nugent - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Obituary: Neil Nugent - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "County Match". Kent & Sussex Courier. 2 December 1949. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
[edit]- Neil Nugent at Olympics.com
- Neil Nugent at Team GB
- Neil Nugent at Olympedia
- Neil Nugent's profile at databaseOlympics
- British Olympians Sir Derek Day and Neil Nugent set to Receive Medals 58 Years Late
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