Bernie Cotton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 30 June 1948 | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Southgate | |||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps (Gls) | |
| 1970-1978 | England | 73 (?) | |
| 1970-1978 | Great Britain | 54 (?) | |
Bernard James "Bernie" Cotton MBE (born 30 June 1948) is a field hockey coach and former player and captain. He won 73 caps for England and 54 for Great Britain, representing the country at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] He went on to serve as Great Britain's assistant manager at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where the team won a gold medal, and as manager at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where they finished sixth.
Having gained a degree in Geography at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge,[2] he worked as a geography teacher at Bishop's Stortford College for six years in the late 1960s and 1970s. He then taught at Bedford School before returning to Bishop's Stortford College during the 1990s. He left the school to work as a performance director for the British Olympic Association, later becoming Performance Manager.[3] In 2009 he was awarded an MBE for services to sports.[1]
References
- ^ a b Former England & GB International Bernie Cotton Awarded MBE England Hockey
- ^ "Fitzwilliam College Honours Congratulations". Fitzwilliam College Facebook. 2009. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ Bernie boosts Britain in Beijing[permanent dead link] Harlow Star, 31 July 2008
External links
- Bernard James Cotton British Olympics Association
- 1948 births
- Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- English field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- English field hockey coaches
- English schoolteachers
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Living people