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Derek Day

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Derek Day
Personal information
Born 29 November 1927
Barnet, England
Died 7 March 2015
Goudhurst, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
Years Team
1951–1953 Southgate
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Great Britain
England
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Team competition

Sir Derek Malcolm Day KCMG (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015)[1] was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed ta the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Biography

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Day was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] In between his studies he completed National Service in the Royal Artillery.[3]

He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.[3][4] winning a bronze medal.[5] Day competed in all of the matches except the bronze medal play off when Graham Dadds was given an opportunity to play.[3]

He played hockey for Southgate Hockey Club at club level and Middlesex at county level.[6]

Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made KCMG in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.[7]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Day - Derek Malcolm KCMG". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ ‘DAY, Sir Derek (Malcolm)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  3. ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  4. ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.
  6. ^ "Changes in Cheshire XI". Liverpool Daily Post. 28 December 1951. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Day, Sir Derek (Malcolm), (29 Nov. 1927–7 March 2015), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; High Commissioner to Canada, 1984–87". Who's Who 2019. 1 December 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u13268. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by UK Ambassador to Ethiopia
1975–1978
Succeeded by
Preceded by UK High Commissioner to Canada
1984–1987
Succeeded by