Tom Carson (field hockey)

{{Short description|English field hockey player}}

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|position=Forward

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Tom Carson (born 29 June 1990) is an English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England and Great Britain.

Carson plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians.

He played for Beerschot in Belgium during the 2018–19 season. He played for 6 years, including 2 years as captain for Reading in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division.

Carson also played for University of Exeter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=8542&itemTitle=Tom+Carson§ion=44|title = Senior Squads | England Hockey}} His younger brother James has represented Wales in international hockey. He is the oldest of four brothers, all of whom attended Wellington School, Somerset, where their father was a boarding housemaster.{{Cite web |title=Wellington School Hockey Dynasty Develops Further |url=https://www.ukboardingschools.com/news/wellington-school-hockey-dynasty-develops/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=UK Boarding Schools |language=en}}

He is also a founder of YoungOnes Apparel, a fashion company which began by making and selling onesies.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://youngonesapparel.com/pages/about-us |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=YoungOnes Apparel |language=en}} He started the company while he was a student at the University of Exeter. He appeared on an episode of Dragons' Den, where they were offered £75,000 by Duncan Bannatyne, which they ultimately turned down.{{Cite web |last=Hallam |first=Katy |date=2014-04-25 |title=Fashion entrepreneurs who turned down a Dragons' Den offer pop up at the Bullring |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/fashion-entrepreneurs-who-turned-down-7031709 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=BirminghamLive |language=en}}