Richard Dodds

Richard Dodds

Personal information
Born	(1959-02-23) 23 February 1959 (age 66) York, England
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Senior career
Years	Team
1980–1988	Southgate
National team
Years	Team	Caps
	Great Britain	65
	England	79
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition 1984 Los Angeles Team competition Champions Trophy 1985 Perth Team competition Representing   England World Cup 1986 London Team competition European Championship 1987 Moscow Team

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 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 did however play 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] [6]} Dodds was part of the silver medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia ^[7] and also captained the England squad who won silver medal at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup before the Olympic gold in 1988. ^[8]

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. ^[9] He has played veterans hockey with Reading alongside other former Olympians Don Williams, Rob Thompson, and John Shaw. ^[10]

He currently works as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, England. ^{[1] [11]}

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Richard Dodds". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
2. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
3. "Late winner" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 27 February 1980. Retrieved 20 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Southgate Hockey Club - National Representation" . Retrieved 21 November 2014.
5. "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
6. "Results" . Sandwell Evening Mail. 2 July 1984. Retrieved 20 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
8. "Hockey" . Middlesex Chronicle. 18 September 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association". 17 October 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
10. "EHL statistics" . Retrieved 21 November 2014.
11. "Richard Dodds". NHS Choices. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

External links

• Richard Dodds at Team GB
• Richard Dodds at Olympedia
• Richard David Allan Dodds at Olympics.com
• Richard Dodds at Olympic.org (archived)