Luther Vye
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
19 April 1924 Christchurch, Dorset, England | ||
| Died |
10 May 2003 (aged 79) Dorset, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1955–1956 | Hampstead | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Great Britain | |||
| England | |||
Charles Luther Vye (19 April 1924 – 10 May 2003) was a field hockey player who was selected for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] He was also the headmaster of Cabin Hill Preparatory school of Campbell College in Belfast.[2]
Biography
Vye was born to a hockey family, all three of his brothers William (b.1922), Michael (b.1926) and Philip (b.1927) played for Bournemouth at club level and at county level for Hampshire.[3] He studied at University College, Oxford.
Representing the South and Middlesex, Vye attended the England hockey trials at Felstead School in March 1956.[4] He played club hockey for Hampstead Hockey Club and his position was goalkeeper.[5]
Vye was called up for the Great Britain team before he had earned a cap for England.[6] Vye represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.[7] He was one of the two goalkeepers in the Olympic squad but was back up to first choice David Archer.[8]
In 1967, he took the post of headmaster at the Cabin Hill Preparatory school of Campbell College in Belfast, where he remained for many years until 1983.[9]
References
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Full Length Biography". Philip Hammond Music. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Hockey Notes". Portsmouth Evening News. 30 October 1956. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First of England Hockey Trials". Nottingham Evening Post. 1 March 1956. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Hockey Notes". Birmingham Daily Post. 14 March 1956. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Germany visit Newport". Western Mail. 4 April 1956. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Welsh trio in Olympics Hockey XI". Western Mail. 30 May 1956. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Surrey Players Preferred". Evening News (London). 19 December 1956. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Schoolday Picture Parade". Ireland's Saturday Night. 29 May 1976. Retrieved 12 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
