Richard David Allan Dodds
OBE (born 23 February 1959) is an
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former
field hockey
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player. He was captain of the gold medal-winning
Great Britain squad in the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in Seoul. Four years earlier, he won Bronze at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles
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. He also captained the
England squad who won Silver at the
1986 Hockey World Cup. He was awarded the OBE for services to hockey.
Dodds was born in the
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city of
York
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, and was educated at
Kingston Grammar School
Kingston Grammar School is an independent co-educational day school in Kingston upon Thames, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter in 1561 but can trace its roots back to at least the 13th century. and at
St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He currently works as a consultant
orthopaedic surgeon
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at the
Royal Berkshire Hospital
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in
Reading
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, England.
[
Dodds has played club hockey for ]Reading
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and Southgate
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hockey clubs. He has played veterans hockey with Reading alongside other former Olympians Don Williams
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, Rob Thompson, and John Shaw.
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1959 births
Living people
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Sportspeople from York
English male field hockey players
English Olympic medallists
Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
British male field hockey players
Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
People educated at Kingston Grammar School
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Reading Hockey Club players
Southgate Hockey Club players