Bernie Cotton

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Bernie Cotton
Personal information
Born (1948-06-30) 30 June 1948 (age 77)
Hitchin, England
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing position Wing half
Senior career
YearsTeam
1970–1971 Cambridge University
1971–1980 Southgate
National team
YearsTeamCaps
1970-1978 England 73 (?)
1970-1978 Great Britain 54 (?)
Medal record
Field hockey
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Lahore Team competition

Bernard James Cotton MBE (born 30 June 1948) is a field hockey coach and former player and captain. He won 73 caps for England and 54 for Great Britain, representing the country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1] He went on to serve as Great Britain's assistant manager at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where the team won a gold medal, and as manager at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where they finished sixth.

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Biography

Having gained a degree in Geography at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he became the captain of the Cambridge hockey team. [2] He worked as a geography teacher at Bishop's Stortford College for six years in the late 1960s and 1970 and then taught at Bedford School before returning to Bishop's Stortford College during the 1990s. He left the school to work as a performance director for the British Olympic Association, later becoming Performance Manager. [3] In 2009 he was appointed MBE for services to sports. [1]

Cotton initially played club hockey for Cambridge University, becoming captain of both Cambridge and England in 1970. [4] and then joined Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. He was part of the Southgate team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in 1976, 1977 and 1978. [5]

Cotton captained the England team at both the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur [6] [7] and at the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup in Buenos Aires. [8] He was part of and also captained the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the inaugural 1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Lahore, Pakistan. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Former England & GB International Bernie Cotton Awarded MBE Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine England Hockey
  2. ↑ "Fitzwilliam College Honours Congratulations". Fitzwilliam College Facebook. 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Bernie boosts Britain in Beijing Harlow Star, 31 July 2008
  4. ↑ "Jolly jet-setters" . Evening News (London). 28 June 1975. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "England name hockey squad" . Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Gregg gets G.B. Call-up" . Belfast Telegraph. 24 October 1978. Retrieved 24 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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