Neil Milward Forster

Neil Milward Forster was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. and was the chairman of B&C Holdings.

Early life

Forster was born in 1927. He is a graduate and former head of Hurstpierpoint College. Forster spent time in the Navy's national service. Upon leaving the Navy, Forster studied economics and law at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he played tennis, cricket and rugby. While playing rugby each year, Forster got a Blue for Cambridge. Forster eventually joined Cayzer subsidiary Clan Line at the age of 25.

Olympics

Forster represented Great Britain at the [1956 Summer Olympics|Great Britain] in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in which Great Britain finished in 4th place.

Post olympics

In 1963, Forster was sent to India at the age of 36 to become a liner conference chairman. In 1967, Forster returned to England where he eventually became the director and then chairman of B&C Holdings.

Personal life

In 1954, Forster married Barbara Smith and had three children with her. Forster died on November 8, 2006.