Veryan Pappin

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Veryan Pappin
Personal information
Born 19 May 1958 (1958-05-19) (age 67)
Henley-on-Thames, England
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
YearsTeam
1980–1986 RAF
1986–1990 Hounslow
National team
YearsTeamCaps
Great Britain 17
Scotland 37
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team competition
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Karachi Team competition

Veryan Guy Henry Pappin (born 19 May 1958) is an English born former field hockey player who represented Scotland and was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [1]

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Biography

Pappin was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire but represented Scotland. He grew up on a farm in Moretonhampstead and was educated at Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbot, Kelly College and the University of Exeter. [2]

His association with Scotland started when he played Highland league hockey while posted at RAF Lossiemouth. [3] By trade he was a physical education officer in the Royal Air Force. [4]

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in he hockey tournament and won a bronze medal, although he had to play understudy to Ian Taylor, arguably the world's leading goalkeeper at the time and consequently did not get any game time. [4] He was also part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan. [5]

He signed to play club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League from 1986 and at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Pappin represented Great Britain again but was still reserve behind Ian Taylor. [6] He played in the last minute of the final and was able to collect his gold medal as a result. [4]

At retirement he had earned 37 caps for Scotland and 17 for Great Britain. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veryan Pappin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "S. Devon on brink of Gold" . Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 30 September 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Stark bound for LA" . The Scotsman. 3 July 1984. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Olympic cloud" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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