Herbert Hambleton

English footballer

Herbert HambletonPersonal information

Full name|  Herbert Adolph Hambleton
Date of birth|  (1896-04-25)25 April 1896
Place of birth|  Barrackpore, British India
Date of death|  1 January 1985(1985-01-01) (aged 88)
Place of death|  Hyssington, Wales
Position(s)|  Forward
International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1920|  Great Britain|  0|  (0)

Brigadier Herbert Hambleton CBE (25 April 1896 - 1 January 1985) was an English soldier who served in World War I  and World War II.

Hambleton was also a cricketer, golfer, and footballer. He was part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1]

Hambleton was awarded with an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[2] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.[3] Hambleton also served as aide-de-camp to Sir Tom Bridges when he was Governor of South Australia.[4][5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Herbert Hambleton". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
2. ^ "To.be Officers of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order". The London Gazette (12th supplement). No. 31377\. 3 June 1919. p. 6988\. "Hambleton, Lt. (A./Capt.) Herbert Adolph, R.F.A."
3. ^ "To be Additional Commanders of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order". The London Gazette (1st supplement). No. 36917\. 1 February 1945. p. 670\. "Brigadier (temporary) Hubert Adolph Hambleton, O.B.E. (11518), Royal Regiment of Artillery"
4. ^ "Vice-regal expedition to central Australia, 1923" (PDF). National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
5. ^ "THE NEW GOVERNOR". The Chronicle. Vol. LXV, no. 3, 449. South Australia. 28 October 1922. p. 37. Retrieved 17 August 2021 - via National Library of Australia.

## External links[edit]

* H.A. Hambleton at FIFA (archived)
* H.A. Hambleton at Olympedia
* Generals of World War II

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Great Britain football squad – 1920 Summer Olympics

* Atkinson
* Brennan
* Buck
* Bunyan
* Gates
* Hambleton
* Harbidge
* Harding
* Hegan
* Hunt
* Julian
* Knight
* Mitchell
* Nicholas
* Payne
* Prince
* Sloley
* Ward
* Wiley

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*[Gls]: National team goals
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