About Derek Day
Lived 1927 – 2015 (aged 87). Derek Day was a British field hockey player and diplomat.
Sir Derek Malcolm Day (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015) was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed ta the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography Day was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In between his studies he completed National Service in the Royal Artillery. winning a bronze medal. Day competed in all of the matches except the bronze medal play off when Graham Dadds was given an opportunity to play.
Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.
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Who was Derek Day?
British diplomat and Olympic field hockey player (1927-2015)
When was Derek Day born?
Derek Day was born on 29 November 1927 in London Borough of Barnet.
When did Derek Day die?
Derek Day died on 7 March 2015 in Goudhurst.
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Derek Day was a field hockey player and diplomat.
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Derek Day was British.
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