Norman Hughes
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| Born | 30 September 1952 Nantwich, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Hughes (born 30 September 1952) is an English former field hockey player who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was a coach during the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Hughes was born in Nantwich, Cheshire, and attended Crewe County Grammar School for Boys. He was also a competent cricketer.[2]
He played club hockey for Wakefield Hockey Club[3] in the Men's England Hockey League. He played at the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup[4]
He was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott.[5] He was however the captain of the England team at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup.
Hughes won a bronze medal with the Great Britain squad at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.[6] He was part of the bronze medal-winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal-winning team the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia.[7]
He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in London.[8][9]
He later coached at Wakefield Hockey Club[2] and went on to become both the coach of Great Britain and England.[10]
References
- ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
- 1 2 "Wakefield Hockey Club – Club Role of Honour". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Weekend hockey games". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 17 December 1975. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 22 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Norman Hughes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ↑ "Hockey". Middlesex Chronicle. 18 September 1986. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Remembering the boys of 86 – Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ↑ "National league arrives in Cheltenham". Gloucestershire Echo. 4 October 1991. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
- Norman Hughes at Olympics.com
- Norman Hughes at Olympedia
- Norman Hughes at InterSportStats
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- English men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British men's field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Nantwich
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- People educated at Ruskin High School, Crewe