Richard Dodds

Richard Dodds
Personal information
Born (1959-02-23) 23 February 1959
York, England
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Senior career
Years Team
1980–1988 Southgate
National team
Years Team Caps
– Great Britain 65
– England 79
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team competition
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 1985 Perth Team competition
Representing  England
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1986 London Team competition
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1987 Moscow Team

Richard David Allan Dodds OBE (born 23 February 1959) is an English former field hockey player. He was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]

Biography

Dodds was born in the English city of York, and was educated at Kingston Grammar School and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] Dodds captained Cambridge University and represented them against Oxford in the 80th varsity match in 1980.[3]

Dodds played club hockey for Southgate in the Men's England Hockey League.[4] He was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott.[5] He did however play at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Dodds represented Great Britain and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2][6] Dodds was part of the silver medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia[7] and also captained the England squad who won silver medal at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup before the Olympic gold in 1988.[8]

At international retirement he had earned 79 caps for England and 65 caps for Great Britain.[2] In 1989, he was awarded the OBE for services to hockey.[9] He has played veterans hockey with Reading alongside other former Olympians Don Williams, Rob Thompson, and John Shaw.[10]

He currently works as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, England.[1][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Dodds". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Late winner". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 27 February 1980. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Southgate Hockey Club - National Representation". Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Results". Sandwell Evening Mail. 2 July 1984. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Hockey". Middlesex Chronicle. 18 September 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  10. ^ "EHL statistics". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Richard Dodds". NHS Choices. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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