Norman Hughes

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Norman Hughes

Personal information
Born	(1952-09-30) 30 September 1952 (age 72) Nantwich, Cheshire, England
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Senior career
Years	Team
1975–1989	Wakefield
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	Great Britain
	England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team competition Champions Trophy 1984 Karachi Team competition 1985 Perth Team competition Representing   England World Cup 1986 London Team competition

Norman Hughes (born 30 September 1952) is an English former field hockey player who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and was a coach during the 1988 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Hughes was born in Nantwich, Cheshire, and attended Crewe County Grammar School for Boys. He was also a competent cricketer. ^[2]

He played club hockey for Wakefield Hockey Club ^[3] in the Men's England Hockey League. He played at the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup ^[4]

He was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott. ^[5] He was however the captain of the England team at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Hughes won a bronze medal with the Great Britain squad at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. ^[6] He was part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal winning team the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia. ^[7]

He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in London. ^{[8] [9]}

He later coached at Wakefield Hockey Club ^[2] and went on to become both the coach of Great Britain and England. ^[10]

References

1. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
2. "Wakefield Hockey Club – Club Role of Honour". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. "Weekend hockey games" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 17 December 1975. Retrieved 21 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "England select Taylor but Mallett waits" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 22 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Norman Hughes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
7. "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
8. "Hockey" . Middlesex Chronicle. 18 September 1986. Retrieved 21 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Remembering the boys of 86 – Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
10. "National league arrives in Cheltenham" . Gloucestershire Echo. 4 October 1991. Retrieved 21 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Norman Hughes at Olympics.com
• Norman Hughes at Olympedia