Reginald Alexander O. "Rex" Norris (18 July 1899 – September 1980) was an Indian

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player who competed in the

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. Norris was born in an Anglo-Indian family from

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in the central provinces of British India. In 1928, he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. Norris later became an international field hockey coach based in London. He coached the Dutch field hockey team from 1954 to 1956, the Italian team in 1960 and the Mexican team before the 1968 Olympics.Subaltern Sports:Politics and Sport in South Asia
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represented India as a light welterweight in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Norris's daughters, Philomena and Wendy, also represented India in field hockey.

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* 1899 births 1980 deaths Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Olympic gold medalists for India Anglo-Indian people Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Indian emigrants to England British people of Anglo-Indian descent {{India-Olympic-medalist-stub