// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's John Strover? A man who's strove for fame.
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John Anthony Strover (born 2 February 1931) is a British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics[1] and was headmaster of Warwick School.
Biography
[edit]Strover was born in India but educated at Cheltenham College and studied at Trinity College, Oxford.[2]
He captained the Oxford University hockey team and flew with the University Air Squadron after being commissioned for National Service into the Essex Regiment.[2]
He played club hockey for Poole Hockey Club and county hockey for Dorset and represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.[3][4][5]
Strover taught Mathematics at Harrow School and then became headmaster at Kingston Grammar School[2] From 1977 to 1988 Strover was the headmaster of Warwick School.[6][7]
After his teaching career he worked for the International Children's Trust, which included returning regularly to India as the company's Overseas Executive.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Strover Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "About John Strover". World Books. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "Welsh trio in Olympics Hockey XI". Western Mail. 30 May 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Olympic Hockey Players". Central Somerset Gazette. 6 April 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "2014 OW Hockey - OWs vs. Old Silhillians (The Strover Shield)". Old Warwickians. Old Warwickians. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ↑ "Towards the Millennium". Old Warwickians. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
