Harold Cooke (field hockey)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
7 September 1895 Shackerstone, England | ||
| Died |
23 July 1966 (aged 70) Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1919–1920 | Birmingham Univ | ||
| 1921–1925 | Saltburn | ||
| 1926–1927 | West Hartlepool | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | |
| England & GB | 4 | ||
Harold Douglas Cooke (7 September 1895 – 23 July 1966) was a British field hockey player.[1] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and was part of the gold medal winning team.[2]
Biography
Cooke studied engineering, accountancy, German, metallurgy and chemistry at the University of Birmingham.[3]
Cooke played club hockey for University of Birmingham Hockey Club and represented Warwickshire at county level.[4]
At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he represented Great Britain at the hockey tournament.[5]
Sometime after the Olympics he moved north and played for Saltburn, West Hartlepool Caledonians and Redcar and at representative level played for Yorkshire and the North.[3][6]
He was part of the selection committee for the Yorkshire Hockey Association from 1933.[3]
References
- ^ "Harold Cooke". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harold Cooke Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- ^ "To-day's Great Derby". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 10 December 1919. Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Hockey". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 31 July 1920. Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "County Hockey Teams". Newcastle Daily Chronicle. 8 December 1926. Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
