Frank Connah
Frank Arthur Connah (Q2. 1884 – 20 December 1954) was a field hockey player from Wales who won a bronze medal as part of the Welsh team in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Connah was born in Warrington, England, the son to a well-knowns Welsh player called Charles Connah.[2]
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.[3]
He played club hockey for Rhyl, Colwyn Bay and St. Asaph Hockey Clubs.[4] At representative level he played for North Wales with hs brother Harold.[2]
Both he and his brother Harold worked in the family cycle business in Rhyl.[2]
References
- ↑"Frank Connah". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012.
- 123"Frank Connah". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ↑Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. Aurum Press Ltd. pp. 469–470. ISBN 1-85410-692-9.
- ↑"Hockey". North Wales Weekly News. 31 January 1908. Retrieved 8 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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- Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
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- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs