Paul Fishwick

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Paul Fishwick
Personal information
Born (1936-08-21) 21 August 1936 (age 88)
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
YearsTeam
1959–1969 Harborne [1]
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
Great Britain
England

Paul Darrell Fishwick (born 21 August 1936) is a British field hockey player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [2]

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Biography

Fishwick was educated at Newcastle-under-Lyme School and studied at Cambridge University. [3]

Fishwick played club hockey for Harborne Hockey Club and was selected for the 1960 Summer Olympics but ultimately did not play a game due to being the number two goalkeeper behind Harry Cahill. [4] He represented Staffordshire at county level. [5]

Fishwick represented Great Britain at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo in the men's tournament. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "History of Harborne Hockey Club". Harborne Hockey Club. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Fishwick Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hockey Team to Play in Berlin" . Sports Argus. 20 August 1960. Retrieved 12 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "British hockey team for Berlin" . Leicester Evening Mail. 24 May 1960. Retrieved 11 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Staffs. hockey choice" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 12 November 1962. Retrieved 11 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Midland men in Olympic Hockey 18" . Birmingham Daily Post. 1 August 1964. Retrieved 11 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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