Veryan Guy Henry Pappin (born 19 May 1958) is an English born former

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player who represented Scotland and was a member of the gold medal-winning Great Britain squad at the

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Biography

Pappin was born in

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, Oxfordshire but represented Scotland. He grew up on a farm in

Moretonhampstead Moretonhampstead is a market town, parish and ancient manor in Devon, situated on the north-eastern edge of Dartmoor, within the Dartmoor National Park. The parish now includes the hamlet of Doccombe (), and it is surrounded clockwise from the ...

and was educated at Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbot, Kelly College and the

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. His association with Scotland started when he played Highland league hockey while posted at

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. By trade he was a physical education officer in the Royal Air Force. At the 1984 Olympic Games in

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, he represented

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in he hockey tournament and won a bronze medal, although he had to play understudy to Ian Taylor, arguably the world's leading goalkeeper at the time and consequently did not get any game time. He signed to play club hockey for

Hounslow Hockey Club Hounslow Hockey Club was a field hockey club based at Duke's Meadows, Chiswick, West London and was formed in 1901, initially playing at a variety of locations in the Hounslow Area until becoming a section of Hounslow Cricket and Sports Club, si ...

in the

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from 1986 and at the 1988 Olympic Games in

, Pappin represented

again but was still reserve behind Ian Taylor. He played in the last minute of the final and was able to collect his gold medal as a result. At retirement he had earned 37 caps for Scotland and 17 for Great Britain.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pappin, Veryan 1958 births Living people Scottish male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain British male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Scottish Olympic competitors Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics