| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
2 February 1931 India | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1953–1955 | Oxford University | ||
| 1955–1958 | Poole | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Great Britain | |||
| England | |||
John Anthony Strover (born 2 February 1931) is a British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics[1] and was headmaster of Warwick School.
Biography
[edit]Strover was born in India but educated at Cheltenham College and studied at Trinity College, Oxford.[2]
He captained the Oxford University hockey team and flew with the University Air Squadron after being commissioned for National Service into the Essex Regiment.[2]
He played club hockey for Poole Hockey Club and county hockey for Dorset and represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.[3][4][5]
Strover taught Mathematics at Harrow School and then became headmaster at Kingston Grammar School[2] From 1977 to 1988 Strover was the headmaster of Warwick School.[6][7]
After his teaching career he worked for the International Children's Trust, which included returning regularly to India as the company's Overseas Executive.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Strover Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "About John Strover". World Books. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Welsh trio in Olympics Hockey XI". Western Mail. 30 May 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Olympic Hockey Players". Central Somerset Gazette. 6 April 1956. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "2014 OW Hockey - OWs vs. Old Silhillians (The Strover Shield)". Old Warwickians. Old Warwickians. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Towards the Millennium". Old Warwickians. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
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