Neil Milward Forster
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| Born | 29 May 1927 Brentford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 November 2006 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Neil Milward Forster (29 May 1927 – 2006) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1][2] and was the chairman of B&C Holdings.
Early life
[edit]Forster was born in 1927. He is a graduate and former head of Hurstpierpoint College.[3] Forster spent time in the Navy's national service. Upon leaving the Navy, Forster studied economics and law at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he played tennis, cricket and rugby.[3] While playing rugby each year, Forster got a Blue for Cambridge. Forster eventually joined Cayzer subsidiary Clan Line at the age of 25.
Olympics
[edit]Forster represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne[4][5] in which Great Britain finished in 4th place.[3][6][7]
Post olympics
[edit]In 1963, Forster was sent to India at the age of 36 to become a liner conference chairman.[3] In 1967, Forster returned to England where he eventually became the director and then chairman of B&C Holdings.[3][8]
Personal life
[edit]In 1954, Forster married Barbara Smith and had three children with her.[3] Forster died on November 8, 2006.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "Neil Forster". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Neil Forster". The Times UK. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ """Test For British Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1956". Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "PLAYOFF NECESSARY". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool Echo. 30 November 1956. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ Mitchell, Alison (19 October 1978). "Buyer likely for stake in ship group". The Times. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
