John Peake is an England and Great Britain international hockey player. He studied mechanical engineering at Cambridge University and, after graduating, he joined the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors where he also played hockey. In 1948, John was selected to represent Great Britain in the London Olympic Games at the age of 23. Despite hardly being able to train together, the squad went on to win a silver medal. Until his death in 2022, John was the last surviving member of this Great Britain Olympic hockey team, living to the grand age of 97. After the Olympic Games, John carried on playing hockey for Lincolnshire County while working on his career with the industrial equipment designing company, Baker Perkins. John describes his memories of the London 1948 Olympic Games, carrying the Olympic torch prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games, the friendships he has made within hockey and reflects on the rules of the current game. He also discusses his involvement with The Hockey Museum, the injuries he has sustained and his career successes outside of hockey.

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