# Hugh Neilson

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{{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](/source/Western_Wildcats_Hockey_Club)
| years3 = 
| clubs3 =  
| nationalyears1= 
| nationalteam1 = [Scotland](/source/Scotland_men's_national_field_hockey_team)
| nationalcaps(goals)1 = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [field hockey](/source/Field_hockey_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalBronze| [1908 London](/source/1908_Summer_Olympics) | [Team competition](/source/Field_hockey_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics)}}
}}

'''Hugh Edwin Beaumont Neilson''' (5 May 1884 – 16 October 1930) was a Scottish field hockey player who competed in the [1908 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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 ==
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==External links==
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*[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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Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
Category:British men's field hockey players
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Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Scottish Olympic competitors
Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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