Piet Bromberg
{{Short description|Dutch field hockey player (1917–2001)}}
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|birth_date=4 March 1917
|birth_place=The Hague, the Netherlands
|death_date=27 July 2001 (aged 84)
|death_place=Wassenaar, the Netherlands
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|sport=Field hockey
|club=HHIJC, Den Haag
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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Olympics}}
{{MedalBronze| 1948 London | Team competition}}
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Pieter "Piet" Marie Johan Bromberg (4 March 1917 – 27 July 2001) was a Dutch field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He played all seven matches as forward and scored seven goals. After retiring from competitions he became a hockey coach, and between 1961 and 1969 trained the national team.
Career
Bromberg played in Singapore with a Netherlands East-Indies team in 1937. He played club hockey in Singapore between 1937 and 1940, captaining the S.C.C. team. His stick-work and speed earned him the nickname 'the flying Dutchman'.{{cite web |title=FORMER S.C.C. HOCKEY CAPT. IN DUTCH XI |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19480811-1.2.36.7 |publisher=Singapore Free Press |access-date=12 May 2022 |page=7 |date=11 August 1948}}
References
External links
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{{Netherlands FH Squad 1948 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Dutch male field hockey players
Category:Olympic field hockey players for the Netherlands
Category:Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Field hockey players from The Hague
Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
Category:21st-century Dutch people
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