Harold Kennedy Cassels (November 4, 1898 – January 23, 1975) was a

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. The son of missionary

William Cassels William Wharton Cassels (11 March 1858 – 7 November 1925) was an Anglican missionary bishop. Early life and education Cassels was born in Oporto, Portugal, the sixth son of John Cassels, a merchant, and Ethelinda Cox, a distant relation of Wa ...

, he was born in

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, western China. He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the gold medal.

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Harold Cassels' profile at databaseOlympics.com
1898 births 1975 deaths British male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain Field hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics People from Langzhong Sportspeople from Sichuan {{UK-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub