Peter Whitbread (field hockey)
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| Born |
28 March 1917 Kingston upon Thames, England | |||||||||||||
| Died |
1 October 1995 (aged 78) Devon, England | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1939–1957 | Old Kingstonians | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| – | Great Britain | |||||||||||||
| – | England | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Whitbread (28 March 1917 – 1 October 1995) was a British and English field hockey player who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Whitbread was educated at Kingston Grammar School[1] and played for Old Kingstonians Hockey Club, for whom he would become secretary. At representative level he played for Surrey and The South.[2]
He would later captain Surrey[3] and played at international level for England.[1]
Living in Cranbrook Drive, Esher at the time,[4] Whitbread was selected for the Olympic Trial[5] and subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, winning a silver medal, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute.[6]
In 1947, Whitbread was a South selector and a legislator for the Hockey Association.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Cheshire score last minute winner". Winsford Chronicle. 4 January 1947. Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "South Hockey XI vs. Services". Evening News (London). 7 January 1952. Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First Class Hockey". Esher News and Mail. 6 February 1948. Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Hockey Trial". Evening News (London). 19 June 1948. Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Beyond VE Day: what next for hockey and the 'Austerity Games' of 1948". The Hockey Museum. 8 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Long-players". Evening News (London). 5 November 1957. Retrieved 20 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.