Michael Walford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michael Walford

Sportsman

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1915

Place of Birth: Norton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Jan-2002

Profession: field hockey player, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michael Moore Walford (27 November 1915 – 16 January 2002), often known as "Micky Walford", was an all-round sportsman: a British field hockey player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, a first-class cricket player for Oxford University and Somerset and a rugby union centre three-quarter and stand-off half good enough to play in an international trial for the England national rugby union team.
He was born at Norton-on-Tees, County Durham and died at Sherborne, Dorset, where he was for many years a schoolmaster at Sherborne School. He was a member of the British field hockey team at the 1948 summer Olympic Games, held in London.
The team won the silver medal.
He played all five matches as half-back.