// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Arthur Edwin Hill? Hill-arious, isn't he?
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| Born | January 9, 1888 Birmingham, Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Died | June 5, 1966 (aged 78) Horsham, Great Britain | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Arthur Edwin Hill (9 January 1888 – 5 June 1966) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He was part of the British team, which was successful in winning a gold medal at the Stockholm Olympiad. Arthur Hill served in World War 1 and was a swimming champion in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. He went on to represent New York Athletics Club in 1922 and several English counties: Staffordshire, 1908 to 1913, Sussex, 1923 to 1927 and Kent, 1928. Arthur Hill was Vice-President of Plaistow United Swimming Club, which won the English Water Polo Championship in the 1928/29 season.[2]
On 13 June 1908 Arthur Hill married Mabel Jessie Evelyn Taylor living at their home in Birmingham. They had a son, Cedric Hill born on 31 July 1916.
In the 1930s, Arthur Hill and his wife, Marjorie, ran a pub called the Woodman, Plumstead Common, London SE16.[2]
See also
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[edit]- ↑ "Arthur Edwin Hill". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- 1 2 Skelton, Paul (2021). "Woodman". dover-kent.com. Dover-Kent Archives. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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