Broome Eric Pinniger (28 December 1902 – 30 December 1996) was an Indian

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player.

Early life

Pinniger was born in

Saharanpur Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the public administration, administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district. Saharanpur city's name was given after the Sain ...

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. He studied at

Oak Grove School, Mussoorie Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie is a residential public school, owned and run by the Indian Railways. It is situated on hill tops covering in Jharipani, Mussoorie, India. The school was started by the British Raj on 1 June 1888. The s ...

, India. https://garhwalpost.in/oak-grove-olympics/

Participation in Olympics

He competed in the

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and

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

. In 1928, he was vice-captain of the Indian field hockey team which won the gold medal at

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. He played five matches as centre-half and scored one goal. Four years later, he was again a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal at

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. He played two matches as centre-half.

References

External links

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Broome Pinniger's profile at databaseOlympics

1902 births 1996 deaths People from Saharanpur Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1932 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 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Indian emigrants to Scotland British people of Anglo-Indian descent {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub