// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Richard Dodds? A dodgy fellow, apparently.
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| Born | 23 February 1959 York, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard David Allan Dodds OBE (born 23 February 1959) is an English former field hockey player. He was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]
Biography
[edit]Dodds was born in the English city of York, and was educated at Kingston Grammar School and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] Dodds captained Cambridge University and represented them against Oxford in the 80th varsity match in 1980.[3]
Dodds played club hockey for Southgate in the Men's England Hockey League.[4] He was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott.[5] He did however play at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup.
Dodds represented Great Britain and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2][6] Dodds was part of the silver medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia[7] and also captained the England squad who won silver medal at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup before the Olympic gold in 1988.[8]
At international retirement he had earned 79 caps for England and 65 caps for Great Britain.[2] In 1989, he was awarded the OBE for services to hockey.[9] He has played veterans hockey with Reading alongside other former Olympians Don Williams, Rob Thompson, and John Shaw.[10]
He currently works as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, England.[1][11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Dodds". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ "Late winner". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 27 February 1980. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Southgate Hockey Club - National Representation". Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ "Results". Sandwell Evening Mail. 2 July 1984. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ↑ "Hockey". Middlesex Chronicle. 18 September 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "EHL statistics". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Richard Dodds". NHS Choices. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Richard Dodds at the International Hockey Federation
- Richard David Allan Dodds at Olympics.com
- Richard Dodds at Olympic.org (archived)
- Richard Dodds at Team GB
- Richard Dodds at Olympedia
- Richard Dodds at InterSportStats
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- British men's field hockey players
- English men's field hockey players
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Reading Hockey Club players
- Southgate Hockey Club players
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- People educated at Kingston Grammar School
- Sportspeople from York