Margaret Mary Eyre MBE (1923 – 7 November 2013) was a

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sportswoman and administrator. Eyre played

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for

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16 times from 1945 to 1951, scoring 17 goals. She competed in the

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Ladies' Doubles nine times between 1949 and 1957, reaching the quarter-finals four times. In the

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, she was appointed an MBE, "For services to Sport". In later life, she was President of the East Gloucestershire Hockey Club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyre, Mary 1923 births 2013 deaths British female field hockey players Members of the Order of the British Empire English female tennis players British female tennis players Place of birth missing 20th-century English sportswomen