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Anthony Nunn

Tony Nunn
Personal information
Born 24 May 1927
Shalford, Surrey, England
Died 7 May 2025 (aged 97)
Playing position Forward
Senior career
Years Team
1946–1962 Hawks
National team
Years Team Caps
Great Britain 5
England
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Helsinki Team competition

Anthony Stuart Nunn OBE (24 May 1927 – 7 May 2025) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

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Nunn was educated at Haileybury School. He completed his national service with the Royal Navy and played for the Portsmouth United Services team at the time.[2]

Nunn played club hockey for Hawks Hockey Club of Byfleet, Surrey,[2] and represented Surrey at county level, the Hockey Association and The South.[1]

Nunn represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki,[3] where he won the bronze medal. Nunn played all three matches as forward.

Although having competed in an Olympics for Great Britain he did not make his England debut until 1954 against Wales at Reading.[1]

After retiring from playing he became an amrine insurance underwriter in London before becoming Chairman of the International Union of Marine Insurers.[2]

He died on 7 May 2025, at the age of 97.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Antony Nunn OBE, 1927-2025". The Hockey Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  3. ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Nunn, Antony Stuart "Tony" OBE The Telegraph
  5. ^ "Tony Nunn, hockey player who became Britain's oldest Olympic medallist". The Telegraph. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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