| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon Rahere Hoare | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackheath, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 October 1973(1973-10-27) (aged 89) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1907–1909 | Arsenal | 11 | (5) |
| 1909–1910 | Glossop | ||
| 1910–1911 | Arsenal | 23 | (8) |
| 1912–1913 | Glossop | ||
| 1913–191? | QPR | 25 | (6) |
| 191?–1920 | Fulham | ||
| International career | |||
| 1909–1913 | England Amateurs | 14 | (11) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sfootball | ||
Representing Great Britain | ||
 | 1912 Stockholm | Team competition |
Gordon Rahere Hoare (18 April 1884 – 27 October 1973)[2] was an English amateurfootballer who was a member of theGreat Britain team that won the gold medal at the1912 Summer Olympics.[3] In club football, he played in theFootball League forWoolwich Arsenal,Glossop andFulham.[4]
Born inBlackheath, Hoare started out with junior sides such asWest Norwood,Woolwich Polytechnic, andBromley before joiningWoolwich Arsenal in 1907.[5] He made his League debut in aFirst Division match againstSheffield Wednesday on 20 April 1908, the last day of the1907–08 season.[6] Although he played 11 League matches in1908–09, scoring five goals, he was unhappy at the lack of regular first-team football and moved toGlossop in December 1909.[7] From 1909 through to 1911 he also turned out occasionally for Kent League sideNorthfleet United.[5]
He lasted a year at Glossop before returning to Woolwich Arsenal in December 1910.[8] He scored seven times in 16 games for Arsenal in the1910–11 season,[6] but was once again dropped at the start of the following season, unable to oustJackie Chalmers andCharles Randall from the front line. He rejoined Glossop in February 1912; in total, he played 34 times for Arsenal, scoring 13 goals.[7]
After his second spell at Glossop, Hoare went on to play forQueens Park andFulham, finally retiring in 1920.[4] He died in 1973, aged 89.[2]
Hoare was capped multiple times for theEngland amateur team between 1909 and 1913, netting 11 goals, including 5 braces againstGermany,France (2) andDenmark (2). He was a member of the team that representedGreat Britain at the 1912 Summer Olympics: he played in all three matches and netted two goals, both of which in thefinal againstDenmark asGreat Britain won 4–2, thus contributing decisively to his side's triumph inStockholm.[2] He also scored a further 5 goals for the amateur team in unofficial matches, a brace against in a 5–1 win overWales in 1911, a brace in a 2–3 loss toIreland in 1912 and the winner (2–1) against aBruges XI on 6 April 1912, bringing his tally to 16 goals.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 March 1909 | Oxford ground,Oxford, England |  Germany | ? | 9–0 | Friendly | |
| 2 | ? | ||||||
| 3 | 23 March 1911 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine,Stade de Paris, France |  France | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 25 May 1911 | Spitalacker-Platz,Bern, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 6 | 21 October 1911 | Park Royal Stadium,London, England |  Denmark | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 7 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 July 1912 | Stockholms Olympiastadion,Stockholm, Sweden | Denmark | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1912 Summer Olympics Final | |
| 9 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 10 | 27 February 1912 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine,Colombes, France | France | 2–0 | 4–2 | Friendly | |
| 11 | 3–0 |
Hoare served as a lieutenant in theArmy Service Corps during theFirst World War.[5]
