Alan Noble (field hockey)
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| Born |
9 February 1885 Loughborough, England | |||||||||||||
| Died |
30 November 1952 (aged 67) Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left-half | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1905–1907 | Huyton | |||||||||||||
| 1907–1908 | Formby | |||||||||||||
| 1907–1911 | Bebington | |||||||||||||
| 1911–1912 | Southport | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | ||||||||||||
| 1908 | England | 6 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alan Henry Noble (9 February 1885 – 30 November 1952) was a field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
Biography
Noble was educated at Derby Public School and played club hockey for Huyton, Formby, Southport, Bebington and Alderley Edge[2] and captained Lancashire at county level.[3]
He emigrated to Australia in order to take a position as secretary for the Union Bank of Australia.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan Noble Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Alan Noble". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Hockey". Manchester Courier. 5 January 1912. Retrieved 4 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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