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'''Charles Miller Sheaffer, Jr.''' (December 6, 1904 &ndash; August 28, 1989), also known as "'''Juney" Sheaffer''', was an American [[field hockey]] player who played in the position of forward.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Charles Sheaffer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/20426 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Olympedia}}</ref> He competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] and [[1936 Summer Olympics]], and was a member of the United States field hockey team that won the bronze medal in Los Angeles in 1932.<ref name=":0" /> A native of [[Pennsylvania]], he was one of eight players from the Quakers field hockey club which played at the Philadelphia cricket club, to be selected for the 1932 US line-up.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lurie |first=Dora |date=October 21, 1935 |title=Philadelphia Hockeyists Run Rough Shod Over New York Rivals, Score 5–1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-philadelphia-h/151262222/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Sheaffer was born in [[St. Davids, Pennsylvania]], and was a graduate of the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=August 29, 1989 |title=Deaths here |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-obituary-for-c/151259849/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=Philadelphia Inquirer |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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== Athletic career ==<br />
In 1932, Sheaffer was a member of the United States field hockey team, which won the bronze medal at the Los Angeles Olympics.<ref name=":1" /> He played two matches, playing right inside against Japan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 7, 1932 |title=YANKS SET FOR JAPAN HOCKEY GO |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-yanks-set-for-japa/151260951/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> During the match against India, Sheaffer suffered an eye injury.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 1932 |title=LOCAL HOCKEYITES TOP GOTHAM RIVALS |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-local-hockeyit/151262472/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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Four years later, he was a member of the United States field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the [[Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics|preliminary round of the 1936 tournament]] and did not advance.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 8, 1936 |title=American Field Hockey Team Is Handed Setback |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-american-field-hockey/151261379/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The Morning Union |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Personal life and death ==<br />
Sheaffer became an insurance executive.<ref name=":1" /> He was a vice president at [[Marsh McLennan]] and retired in 1974.<ref name=":1" /> He died in [[Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania]], in 1989.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070216165041/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHAECHA01 Profile]<br />
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