Frederick Phillips (field hockey)
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| Born |
13 March 1884 Newport, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Died |
19 January 1948 (aged 63) Chepstow, Wales | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
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| 1908 | Newport | |||||||||||||
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| 1908 | Wales | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frederick Gordon Phillips (13 March 1884 – 19 January 1948)[1] was a field hockey player from Wales, who won a bronze medal as part of the Welsh team in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
[edit]Philips was from Newport, Monmouthshire, the son of a brewer and wine merchant.[3]
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.[4]
He played club hockey for Newport Hockey Club.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Frederick Gordon Phillips; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1884; District: Newport M; Volume: 11a; Page: 194.
- ^ "Frederick Phillips". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Frederick Phillips". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. Aurum Press Ltd. pp. 469–470. ISBN 1-85410-692-9.
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