Louis Baillon
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Baillon in 1908 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
5 August 1881 Fox Bay, Falkland Islands | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
2 September 1965 (aged 84) Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | full-back/left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1908 | Northampton | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| – | England | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Louis Charles Baillon (5 August 1881 – 2 September 1965) was a Falkland Islander field hockey player and businessman. Born in the Islands, he would eventually move to England with his family in 1888 and settle in Church Brampton. There, he was active in sports such as playing football for Wandsworth AFC and lawn tennis for Northamptonshire's team.
He started playing field hockey for Northampton's team and then earned nine caps as part of the England men's national field hockey team. While representing England, they won the gold medal in the team competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He became the first, and to date only Olympic gold medalist from the Falkland Islands as of June 2025.