Robert Mitchell (14 December 1913 – 12 November 1996) was a British

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was part of the British team which finished eighth in the 1936 tournament. He played all seven matches. Twelve years later at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

he was a reserve player and did not participate in a match during the 1948 tournament. He was later a member of the

Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...

for Redbridge (1964–73) and then Wanstead and Woodford (1973–86). He stood as the Conservative candidate in two general elections, 1964 and 1966, in

West Ham South West Ham South was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) ...

, but lost both times.

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* 1913 births 1996 deaths People from Plaistow, Newham British male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Great Britain Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Members of the Greater London Council {{UK-waterpolo-bio-stub