Full name: | Hugh Richard Deare Oldman |
Born: | 24th June 1914, Belgaum (now Belagavi, Karnataka), India |
Died: | 26th November 1988, Saluda, Middlesex County, Virginia, United States of America |
Batting: | Right-hand batter |
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Biography: | A career soldier, he retired from the British Army in 1967 as a Colonel. He became military secretary (later defence secretary) to the government of Oman, and played a leading role in the bloodless coup d'etat in that country in July 1970. Awarded MC (1942), Croix de Guerre (1944), Pakistan Republic Medal (1956), OBE (1961), Order of Oman (1971), and KBE (1974). |
Teams: | Baluchistan (Main FC: 1954/55); All teams |
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