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Reginald George Pridmore MC (29 April 1886 – 13 March 1918) was a field hockey player, who won the gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Pridmore set an Olympic record for most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic final in Men's field hockey with his 4 goals in England's 8–1 victory. This record stood till the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where India's Balbir Singh Sr. scored 5 goals in India's 6–1 victory over the Netherlands.
Pridmore was also a cricketer, and played first-class cricket as a right-hand batsman for Warwickshire.
Pridmore was killed in action, aged 31, during the First World War, serving as a major with the Royal Field Artillery near the Piave River in Italy. He was buried at the Giavera British Cemetery nearby.
See also
References
- "Reggie Pridmore". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- "Reggie Pridmore". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- "Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- Pridmore, Reginald George, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Retrieved 19 August 2008
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