Richard Norris (field hockey)
{{short description|British field hockey player}}
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Richard Owen Alfred Norris (10 December 1931 – 25 August 2012) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, winning a bronze medal.
He was the youngest member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward. Norris was among the surviving team members who had a reunion at the London Olympics to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of their medal winning achievement.
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930010527/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NORRIRIC01 profile]
- [http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=19348&itemTitle=Hockey+loses+two+great+contributors§ion=22 Richard Norris' obituary]
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Category:British male field hockey players
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
Category:Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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