Horace Cumberland Disston (January 7, 1906 – September 30, 1982) was an American
field hockey
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player who competed in the
1932 Summer Olympics and
1936 Summer Olympics.
He was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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and died in
Camden, Maine
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.
In 1932 he was a member of the American field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played two matches as halfback.
Four years later he was a member of the American field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the preliminary round and did not advance. He played three matches as halfback.
See also
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List of Princeton University Olympians
This is a list of Princeton University alumni who competed in the Olympic Games. In this list, the term athletics refers to track and field.
Summer Olympians
#Robert Garrett, class of 1897, men's athletics, 1896 Athens Olympics, 1900 Paris Ol ...
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profile
1906 births
1982 deaths
American male field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey
Field hockey players from Philadelphia
Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
20th-century American people
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