Richard Dodds
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Richard David Allan Dodds OBE (born 23 February 1959) is an [English former field hockey player. He was captain of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[1]
Biography
Dodds was born in the English city of York, and was educated at Kingston Grammar School and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] Dodds captained Cambridge University and represented them against Oxford in the 80th varsity match in 1980.[3]
Dodds played club hockey for Southgate in the Men's England Hockey League.[4] He played at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup.
Dodds represented Great Britain and won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[2][5] He also captained the England squad who won silver medal at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup before the Olympic gold in 1988.[6]
At international retirement he had earned 79 caps for England and 65 caps for Great Britain.[2] In 1989, he was awarded the OBE for services to hockey.[7] He has played veterans hockey with Reading alongside other former Olympians Don Williams, Rob Thompson, and John Shaw.[8]
He currently works as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, England.[1][9]
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