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Frederick Agnew Gill

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Captain Frederick Agnew Gill (25 May 1873 to 4 June 1938) was a British Army officer and a polo player at the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Castletown on the Isle of Man and died at Emery Down. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was appointed a second lieutenant in the 3rd Dragoon Guards in 1893. At the 1900 Olympics he was part of the Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris team, which won the bronze medal. He rejoined the army at the outbreak of the First World War in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars and reached the rank of captain. He was polo manager at the Ranelagh Club in London, and after the war he represented the All Ireland Polo Club on its 1922 visit to the USA.

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Birth Year
1873 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
1 1
Gold Medals
0 1
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Source Olympedia: Frederick Gill

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Polo, Sports
Source Olympedia: Frederick Gill
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Nationality Great Britain
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1. Olympedia: Frederick Gill
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  • Biographical information
    Born 25 May 1873
  • Biographical information, gender
    Sex Male
  • Medals
    Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
  • Plays: Polo, Results
    Polo, Men (Olympic)
  • Competed In: 1900 Summer Olympics, Results
    1900 Summer Olympics Polo FRA GBR
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