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Arthur Edwin Hill

Personal information
Born	(1888-01-09)January 9, 1888 Birmingham, Great Britain
Died	June 5, 1966(1966-06-05) (aged 78) Horsham, Great Britain
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Team competition

Arthur Edwin Hill (9 January 1888 – 5 June 1966) was a British water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the British team, which was successful in winning a gold medal at the Stockholm Olympiad. Arthur Hill served in World War 1 and was a swimming champion in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. He went on to represent New York Athletics Club in 1922 and several English counties: Staffordshire, 1908 to 1913, Sussex, 1923 to 1927 and Kent, 1928. Arthur Hill was Vice-President of Plaistow United Swimming Club, which won the English Water Polo Championship in the 1928/29 season.

In the 1930s, Arthur Hill and his wife, Marjorie, ran a pub called the Woodman, Plumstead Common, London SE16.

See also

• Great Britain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

References

1. "Arthur Edwin Hill". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
2. ^ Skelton, Paul (2021). "Woodman". dover-kent.com. Dover-Kent Archives. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

External links

Media related to Arthur Edwin Hill at Wikimedia Commons

• Arthur Edwin Hill at Olympics.com
• Arthur Edwin Hill at Team GB
• Arthur Edwin Hill at Olympedia

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