David Goldsmith (field hockey)

{{short description|New Zealander field hockey player}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = David Goldsmith

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| birth_name = David Moss Goldsmith

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|07|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|06|25|1931|07|27|df=y}}

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| country = New Zealand

| sport = Field hockey

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David Moss Goldsmith (27 July 1931 – 25 June 2017) was a New Zealand field hockey player. He represented New Zealand in field hockey at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/david-goldsmith |title=David Goldsmith |year=2013 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=5 April 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/david-goldsmith-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/david-goldsmith-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=David Goldsmith bio, stats, and results |date= |website= |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=5 April 2015}}

Goldsmith attended Christchurch Boys High School {{Cite web |url=http://cbhs.sslsecurelink.com/s/352/History-Trophies-Achievements.html |title=History, Trophies & Achievements |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208020902/http://cbhs.sslsecurelink.com/s/352/History-Trophies-Achievements.html |url-status=dead }} and graduated from Canterbury University College with an MSc with third-class honours in 1954.{{cite web | url = http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university10.html | title = NZ university graduates 1870–1961: G | accessdate=6 April 2015}}