Roger Sutton (field hockey)

Roger Sutton
Personal information
Born (1936-12-20) 20 December 1936
Brentford, London, England
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Senior career
Years Team
1957–1958 Cliftonville
1960–1966 Beckenham
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Great Britain
Wales

Roger Macklin Sutton (born 20 December 1936) is a British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Sutton studied at Oxford University and played club hockey for Cliftonville Hockey Club[2] before joining Beckenham Hockey Club. He played for Wales at international level.[3]

He represented Great Britain at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[4][5] He was one of two Welshmen, with Geoffrey Cutter in the squad.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roger Sutton Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "East Kent Times and Mail". Belfast Telegraph. 18 February 1959. Retrieved 11 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Welsh name side to meet Ireland". Belfast Telegraph. 8 March 1961. Retrieved 11 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Midland men in Olympic Hockey 18". Birmingham Daily Post. 1 August 1964. Retrieved 11 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.