Wilfred Pallott

Wilfred James Pallot was a field hockey player from Wales, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics who won the bronze medal as a member of the Welsh team.

Biography

Pallott was born in Cardiff, a son of a Jersey mariner who died at sea in 1896, when he was 11-years-old.
With only six teams participating in the field hockey tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, he represented Wales under the Great British flag, where the team were awarded a bronze medal despite Wales only playing in and losing one match.
He played club hockey for Whitchurch Hockey Club and South Wales at representative level.
By trade, Pallott was an accountant. From 1928 to his death in 1957 he was a senior partner with Richard Leyshon & Co. in Cardiff.