Bernie Cotton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
30 June 1948 Hitchin, England | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing position | Wing half | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1970–1971 | Cambridge University | ||
| 1971–1980 | Southgate | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | |
| 1970-1978 | England | 73 (?) | |
| 1970-1978 | Great Britain | 54 (?) | |
Bernard James Cotton MBE (born 30 June 1948) is a field hockey coach and former player and captain. He won 73 caps for England and 54 for Great Britain, representing the country at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] He went on to serve as Great Britain's assistant manager at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where the team won a gold medal, and as manager at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where they finished sixth.
Biography
Having gained a degree in Geography at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he became the captain of the Cambridge hockey team.[2] He worked as a geography teacher at Bishop's Stortford College for six years in the late 1960s and 1970 and then taught at Bedford School before returning to Bishop's Stortford College during the 1990s. He left the school to work as a performance director for the British Olympic Association, later becoming Performance Manager.[3] In 2009 he was appointed MBE for services to sports.[1]
Cotton initially played club hockey for Cambridge University, becoming captain of both Cambridge and England in 1970.[4] and then joined Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. He was part of the Southgate team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in 1976, 1977 and 1978.[5]
Cotton captained the England team at both the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur[6][7] and at the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup in Buenos Aires.[8]
References
- ^ a b Former England & GB International Bernie Cotton Awarded MBE Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine England Hockey
- ^ "Fitzwilliam College Honours Congratulations". Fitzwilliam College Facebook. 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Bernie boosts Britain in Beijing Harlow Star, 31 July 2008
- ^ "Jolly jet-setters". Evening News (London). 28 June 1975. Retrieved 26 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ "England name hockey squad". Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 26 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 26 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
- Bernie Cotton at Team GB
- Bernie Cotton at Olympedia
- Bernard James Cotton British Olympics Association