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Harold Cassels

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Harold Cassels
Personal information
Born 4 November 1898
Langzhong, China
Died 23 January 1975 (aged 76)
Taunton, England
Playing position Centre-half
Cambridge Univ
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
England
GB
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Team competition

Harold Kennedy Cassels (4 November 1898 – 23 January 1975) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Cassels he was born in Langzhong, Sichuan, western China, the son of missionary an first Bishop of West China, William Cassels.[2] He was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate where he plyaed various sports becoming captain of the football and hockey team captains and vice-captain of cricket. [3]

After leaving school he joined the Royal Flying Corps and served during World War I, where he was mentioned in despatches before becoming a prisoner of war.[3] After the war he studied at Queens' College, Cambridge and earned his blue in 1920 and 1921.[3]

At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, he represented Great Britain at the hockey tournament.[4]

After playing he became a senior master at the Cathedral School in Shanghai, followed by a spell in Australia in 1940. After World War II he returned to England in 1946 and later became a house master at Millfield School.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Harold Cassels". Sports-Reference.
  2. ^ "W. W. Cassels, first bishop in Western China".
  3. ^ a b c d "Harold Cassels". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Olympic Hockey". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 31 July 1920. Retrieved 25 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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