{{short description|Scottish field hockey player}} {{for|the curler|Hugh Neilson (curler)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player |name = Hugh Neilson |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|5|5|df=yes}} |birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland |death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|10|16|1884|5|5|df=yes}} |death_place = Glasgow, Scotland | position = Full-back | years1 = 1908 | clubs1 = Rutherglen | years2 = 1913 | clubs2 = Western | years3 = | clubs3 = | nationalyears1= | nationalteam1 = Scotland | nationalcaps(goals)1 = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalBronze| 1908 London | Team competition}} }}
'''Hugh Edwin Beaumont Neilson''' (5 May 1884 – 16 October 1930) was a Scottish field hockey player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. In 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18826 |title=Hugh Neilson |work=Olympedia |access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref>
== Biography == Neilson was born in Glasgow, the son of steel founder and lost both parents by the age of 10.<ref name=oly/> He studied at the University of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000327/19081021/008/0002 |title=Hockey Notes |work=Derby Daily Telegraph |date=21 October 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref>
He represented his country at tennis, badminton and field hockey and played club hockey for Rutherglen Hockey Club<ref name=oly/> and later Western Hockey Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000164/19130128/117/0007 |title=Northern Players Are Selected |work=Dundee Courier |date=28 January 1913 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref>
He was a marine engineer by trade.<ref name=oly/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20121009154131/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=NEILSHUG01 profile]
{{Scotland FH Squad 1908 Summer Olympics}}
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