Robert Clift
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| Playing position | inside left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982–1984 | Nottingham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Hounslow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Southgate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1992 | East Grinstead | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| – | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert John Clift (born 1 August 1962) is a British former field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where they won a gold medal.[1]
Biography
Clift was born in Newport, Wales, and was educated at Bablake School and the University of Nottingham.[2]
His preferred position was inside left and in November 1982 he received his first England call up while studying at Nottingham and playing for Nottingham Hockey Club.[3]
Clift signed for Hounslow Hockey Club for the start of the 1984/85 season. While there he was part of the bronze medal-winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal-winning team the following year in Perth, Australia.[4] He also won silver with the England squad at the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup in October.[5][6]
Clift moved to Southgate Hockey Club for the 1987/88 season and while at Southgate represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and winning a gold medal with the team.[2]
After the Olympics he joined East Grinstead and represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup[7] and captained the Great Britain team at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[2][8]
After the Olympics, Clift joined Tunbridge Wells Hockey Club as their coach.[9]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Olympic cloud". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 2 October 1988. Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."England call cheers Clift". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 20 November 1982. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Clift". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Remembering the boys of 86". Sports Journalists' Association. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hockey World Cup". Birmingham News. 3 November 1989. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Youth and experience in GB hockey squad". Dundee Courier. 6 May 1992. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GB captain joins Wells". Kent & Sussex Courier. 14 August 1992. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
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