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John Yate Robinson
John Yate Robinson Military Cross, MC (6 August 1885 – 23 August 1916) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England, English team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Son of clergyman the Reverend Edward Cecil Robinson and his wife Edith Isabella, he was educated at Radley College and Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded his MA in 1912. He was on the Oxford University hockey team from 1905 through 1909, eventually captaining it. He became a captain in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1914, and served at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. He died aged 31 at Roehampton, from wounds he had received in action at El Hannah in Mesopotamia. He was buried at Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire. See also * List of Olympians killed in World War I References External links * Notes *''Radley College Register 1847–1962'', 1965. 1885 births 1916 deaths British military personn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The Summer Olympics
Field hockey was introduced at the Olympic Games as a men's competition at the 1908 Games in London, with six teams, four from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and other two were France and Germany. History Field hockey was removed from the Summer Olympic Games at the 1924 Paris Games because of the lack of an international sporting structure. The International Hockey Federation (FIH, ''Fédération Internationale de Hockey'') was founded in Paris that year as a response to field hockey's omission. Men's field hockey became a permanent feature at the next Olympic Games, the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. For a long time, India dominated the Olympics, winning the men's gold medal in seven out of eight Olympics from 1928 to 1964. Later, Pakistan was also dominant, winning three gold and three silver medals between 1956 and 1984. India lost their dominance after the 1980s and Pakistan after the 1990s. India won their last gold medal in 1980 and Pakistan in 1984 Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
