About Stephen Theobald
Lived 1923 – 2006 (aged 82). Stephen Theobald was a field hockey player and ice hockey player.
Stephen Thompson Theobald (22 August 1923 – 19 February 2006) 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 Theobald was born in Hitchin, the son of a bank manager. He was educated at Haileybury School, where he played hockey, rugby and cricket and studied at the University of Edinburgh.
He played his club hockey for Long Ashton and then Devizes Hockey Club.
He was selected for the Great Britain tour of South Africa in 1951. and made his Great Britain debut on 8 September 1951.
Theobald received the call up for the Olympics in May 1952. 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 Stephen Theobald?
British field hockey player
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Stephen Theobald was born on 22 August 1923.
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Stephen Theobald died on 19 February 2006.
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Stephen Theobald was a field hockey player and ice hockey player.
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