Frederick Stephen Seaman (January 2, 1906 – September 21, 2000) was an Indian

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who won a gold medal as part of the Indian team in the

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. Born to Thomas Henry Seaman, a police inspector, and his wife Martha Ann (O'Connor) Seaman, he later became a customs officer in British India. Frederick Seaman and his family left India after its independence in 1947, settling in

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. He died at Hershey, Pennsylvania in 2004, age 94.

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* 1906 births 2000 deaths Field hockey players from Prayagraj Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players 20th-century Indian sportsmen Olympic gold medalists for India Anglo-Indian people Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Indian emigrants to the United States American people of Anglo-Indian descent {{India-Olympic-medalist-stub