Reggie Pridmore
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Reginald George Pridmore MC (29 April 1886 in Edgbaston, Birmingham — 13 March 1918 near Venice, Italy) was a field hockey player, who won the gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1] Reggie Pridmore set an Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic final in Men's field hockey with his 4 goals in England's 8-1 victory. This record stood till the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where India's Balbir Singh, Sr. scored 5 goals in India's 6-1 victory over the Netherlands.
Pridmore was also a cricketer, and played first-class cricket as a right-hand batsman for Warwickshire.[2]
Pridmore was killed in action, aged 31, during the First World War,[3] serving as a major with the Royal Field Artillery near the Piave River in Italy.[4] He was buried at the Giavera British Cemetery nearby.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Reggie Pridmore". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Pridmore, Reginald George, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 19 August 2008
External links
- Reggie Pridmore at ESPNcricinfo
- Statistical summary from CricketArchive
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1886 births
- English male field hockey players
- English cricketers
- English Olympic medallists
- Warwickshire cricketers
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- 1918 deaths
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- People from Edgbaston
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Hertfordshire cricketers
- Royal Horse Artillery officers
- English cricket biography, 1880s birth stubs
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs
- English field hockey biography stubs