Neil Nugent

Neil Nugent
Personal information
Born 6 December 1926
Died 12 April 2018 (aged 91)
Senior career
Years Team
1949–1952 Gravesend
1952–1956 Tulse Hill
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Great Britain
– England
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Team competition

Neil Algernon David Nugent (6 November 1926 – 12 April 2018)[1] was a British field hockey player and RAF Wing Commander, who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

Biography

Nugent studied in St.George's College, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India from 1934 to 1944.[3]

Nugent played hockey for Gravesend and Tulse Hill at club level and Kent at county level.[2][4]

He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,[2][5] winning the bronze medal. He played two matches as forward, but due to injury did not appear in all of the games and did not receive a medal with the rest of team.

In 1953, Nugent joined the Royal Air Force as a Flying Officer and would eventually be promoted to the rank of Wing Commander.[2]

He was retroactively awarded his medal in 2010, along with one of his teammates, 58 years on. He died in April 2018 at the age of 91.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Nugent - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Obituary: Neil Nugent - GB Hockey". www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ^ "County Match". Kent & Sussex Courier. 2 December 1949. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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