John Burt (15 April 1877 – 29 April 1935) was a

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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. He competed in the

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as a member of the Scottish team, for the

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, which won the bronze medal. His brother,

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, also was a member of the Scottish team.

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External links

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John Burt's profile at Sports Reference.com
1877 births 1935 deaths Scottish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Scottish Olympic medallists Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics {{Scotland-fieldhockey-bio-stub