Bernie Cotton
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| 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 (?) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. 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.