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Field Hockey At The 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, a field hockey tournament was contested for the first time. Six teams entered the tournament: England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany and France. England won the gold medal, Ireland the silver and Scotland and Wales were awarded bronze medals. All the medals were subsequently credited to Great Britain. __TOC__ Squads *R. P. Aublin *David Baidet *Raoul Benoist *André Bounal * Louis Gautier *Daniel Girard * Charles Pattin *Louis Poupon *Frédéric Roux *René Salarnier (GK) *Louis Saulnier *Fernand Versini * Alfons Brehm * Elard Dauelsberg * Franz Diederichsen * Carl Ebert (GK) * Jules Fehr * Mauricio Galvao * Raulino Galvao * Fritz Möding *Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe *Albert Stüdemann *Friedrich Uhl Great Britain *Louis Baillon * Harry Freeman * Eric Green *Gerald Logan * Alan Noble *Edgar Page *Reggie Pridmore *Percy Rees *John Yate Robinson *Stanley Shoveller *Harvey Wood (GK) *Edward Allman-Smith * Henry Brown * Walter Campbell * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White City Stadium
White City Stadium was a stadium located in White City, London, England. Built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, it hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and other sports like swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock car racing, concerts and a match at the 1966 World Cup. From 1927, it was a venue for greyhound racing, hosting the English Greyhound Derby until its closure in 1984. The stadium was demolished in 1985 and the site is now occupied by White City Place. History Designed by the engineer J. J. Webster and completed in 10 months by George Wimpey, on part of the site of the Franco-British Exhibition, this stadium with a seating capacity of 68,000 was opened by King Edward VII on 27 April 1908 after the first stanchion had been placed in position by Lady Desborough on 2 August 1907. The cost of construction was £60,000. Upon completion, the stadium had a running track and three laps to the mile (536 m); outside there was a , cycle track. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Ebert (field Hockey)
Carl Anton Charles Ebert (20 February 1887 – 14 May 1980), was a Germans, German actor, stage director and arts administrator. Ebert's early career was as an actor, training under Max Reinhardt and becoming one of the leading actors in his native Germany during the 1920s. During that decade he was also appointed to administrative posts, both theatrical and academic. In 1929 he directed opera for the first time, and during the 1930s established a reputation as an operatic director in Germany and beyond. A strong opponent of Nazism, he left Germany in 1933 and did not return until 1945. Together with John Christie (opera manager), John Christie and the conductor Fritz Busch, Ebert created the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1934. Ebert remained its artistic director until 1959, though productions were suspended during the Second World War. In the 1930s and 1940s Ebert helped establish a Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, national conservatory in Turkey, where he and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Page
Edgar Wells Page (31 December 1884 – 12 May 1956) was an English former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the Great Britain team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He also played cricket for Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1905 to 1927, as well as playing a single first-class match for the Minor Counties The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes unde ... against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI in 1924. References External links * 1884 births 1956 deaths English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain English cricketers Staffordshire cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Noble (field Hockey)
Alan Henry Noble (9 February 1885 – 30 November 1952) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ... in London. References External links * 1885 births 1952 deaths English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Logan
Gerald Logan (29 December 1879 – 29 April 1951) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ... in London. References External links * 1879 births 1951 deaths English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Green (field Hockey)
Eric Hubert Green (8 August 1878 — 23 December 1972) was a field hockey player who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo .... References External links * 1878 births 1972 deaths English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Freeman (field Hockey)
Harry Scott Freeman (7 February 1876 – 5 October 1968) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow .... References External links * 1876 births 1968 deaths English male field hockey players English Olympic medallists Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Olympic medalists in field hockey People from Staines-upon-Thames Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Baillon
Louis Charles Baillon (5 August 1881 – 9 September 1965) was an English field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the Great Britain team at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Personal life Louis Baillon was born in Stanley, Falkland Islands at the house of his grandmother, Julia Williams. His father, Louis Augustine Baillon emigrated to the Falklands in the mid-1800s to become a sheep farmer. In 1888, he and his family returned to England and settled in Northamptonshire. In 1910, Louis married Mildred Isobel Green and they had 5 children together. He then joined the Royal Army Service Corps in 1914 and saw service in France during World War I and later left the army in 1920. After leaving the army, Baillon joined the Phipps Northampton Brewery Company where he rose to the rank of director. During World War II, two of Louis's sons, Paul and Mark were killed in action during the Battle of Britain. Sports career and later life When Louis and his family returned to England, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Uhl
Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War * ''Friedrich'' (novel), a novel about anti-semitism written by Hans Peter Richter *Friedrich Air Conditioning, a company manufacturing air conditioning and purifying products *, a German cargo ship in service 1941-45 See also *Friedrichs (other) *Frederick (other) *Nikolaus Friedreich Nikolaus Friedreich (1 July 1825 in Würzburg – 6 July 1882 in Heidelberg) was a German pathologist and neurologist, and a third generation physician in the Friedreich family. His father was psychiatrist Johann Baptist Friedreich (1796–1862) ... {{disambig ja:フリードリヒ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Stüdemann
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
Friedrich Wilhelm "Fieten" Rahe (; 16 April 1888 – 18 February 1949) was a German tennis and field hockey player. Biography Rahe was born at Rostock on 16 April 1888 and grew up in the family house in ''Kröpeliner Straße 37''. His grandfather, the entrepreneur ''Friedrich Rehmann'', had founded a company for wholesale trade of food. Rehmann had three daughters of which the eldest, ''Emma'', had married businessman ''Eduard Rahe'', the parents of Friedrich Wilhelm. His family's wealth made it possible for Rahe to focus on leisure activities like playing tennis or driving expensive cars. At an age of 15, he took part in the German national tennis championships at nearby Heiligendamm but lost his initial match. In 1906, at the German open championships, he could reach the final but lost to Josiah Ritchie in straights set, winning only 5 games. Although he would later become finalist at the tournament in 1909 and again in 1922, he was never able to win it. However, he won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Möding
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by the Entente powers equivalent to the derogative Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz." Surname *Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon *Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman *Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach *Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer *Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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