Neil Milward Forster
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
29 May 1927 Brentford, England | ||
| Died | 8 November 2006 | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1953–1958 | Richmond | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Great Britain | |||
| England | |||
Neil Milward Forster (29 May 1927 – 2006) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1][2] and was the chairman of B&C Holdings.
Early life
Forster was born in 1927. He is a graduate and former head of Hurstpierpoint College.[3] Forster spent time in the Navy's national service. Upon leaving the Navy, Forster studied economics and law at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he played tennis, cricket and rugby.[3] While playing rugby each year, Forster got a Blue for Cambridge. Forster eventually joined Cayzer subsidiary Clan Line at the age of 25.
Olympics
Forster represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne[4][5] in which Great Britain finished in 4th place.[3][6][7]
Post olympics
In 1963, Forster was sent to India at the age of 36 to become a liner conference chairman.[3] In 1967, Forster returned to England where he eventually became the director and then chairman of B&C Holdings.[3][8]
Personal life
In 1954, Forster married Barbara Smith and had three children with her.[3] Forster died on November 8, 2006.[3]
References
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Neil Forster". Sports Reference.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Neil Forster". The Times UK. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Welsh trio in Olympics Hockey XI". Western Mail. 30 May 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Hockey Players". Central Somerset Gazette. 6 April 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ """Test For British Hockey." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1956". Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "PLAYOFF NECESSARY". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool Echo. 30 November 1956. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Alison (19 October 1978). "Buyer likely for stake in ship group". The Times. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
