About Bill Lindsay-Smith
Lived 1921 – 2012 (aged 90). Bill Lindsay-Smith was a field hockey player and ice hockey player.
William Aubrey Lindsay-Smith (19 November 1921 – 29 August 2012) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the British field hockey team which won the bronze medal.
Biography Lindsay-Smith was born in Burma, due to the fact that his father was a divisional forest officer there. The family moved to Wales in 1944 and Bill attended the University College of North Wales.
He received the call up for the Olympics in May 1952 and was one of three Welshman in the team with Graham Dadds and John Paskin Taylor. He subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute.
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Who was Bill Lindsay-Smith?
British field hockey player
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Bill Lindsay-Smith was born on 19 November 1921.
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Bill Lindsay-Smith died on 29 August 2012.
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Bill Lindsay-Smith was a field hockey player and ice hockey player.
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