Helen Armfield
Helen Gertrude Armfield OBE (d. 1957) was an English hockey player and coach.
She was educated at the Bergman Österberg College for physical education, graduating in 1912.[1]
Playing as a centre-half, Armfield coached hockey in England, Ireland, and the USA. In 1921, she was one of an All England Women's Hockey Association touring team to America. She stayed on to teach hockey and study Midwestern educational methods. She returned in 1922, leading a group of eight British coaches for a two-month stint teaching hockey at the request of the United States Field Hockey Association.[2]
Armfield was the captain and President of the Southern Women's Hockey Association and held several positions in the AEWHA and the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations.[1] In 1954, she received an OBE for her role as President of the AEWHA, which she held from 1949 until a month before her death in 1957.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 Claydon, Jane (2021). "The development of women's hockey, 1885–1970, with particular reference to the role played by Madame Bergman Ӧsterberg's students and those who followed" (PDF): 27–30.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Halpin, Jo (2024-04-02). "An examination of the role and legacy of the first USFHA-funded British women's field hockey coaches to travel to America in 1922". Sport in History. 44 (2): 199–215. doi:10.1080/17460263.2024.2355463. ISSN 1746-0263.
- ↑ "No. 40188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1954. pp. 3257–3294.
- ↑ Halpin, Joanne (2019). "'Will you walk into our parlour?': The rise of leagues and their impact on the governance of women's hockey in England 1895-1939". PhD Thesis.