Talk:Norman Pritchard

Does he count as Indian?
He seems more like a Brit born in India during the Raj to me. Sumahoy 01:50, 20 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Tough call. In the article text, I would certainly think "athlete from India" preferable to "Indian athlete", or the like, in relevant places; categories, of course, aren't so flexible.   uses "Anglo Indian" and  uses "Indian" to describe him.  But yes, he was a Brit born in India. -- Jonel | Speak 03:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think it is a tough call at all. He was British, but he represented India because he was living there. The sources are both Indian, and it's understandable that India would be keen to claim him, as they didn't have another individual medallist for generations. But in those days, pretty much anyone could represent anyone at the Olympics. The "French" team in the only ever Olympic cricket match in 1900 consisted entirely of British players. It is extremely unlikely that he would have answered "Indian" if asked his nationality, because the British in India just didn't. Luwilt (talk) 09:29, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

I think calling him an Indian athlete is fine, according to the usage of the time. British people who had returned from India - often employees of the East India Company - were often referred to as "Indians" when back in England. I seem to remember there's an example of such usage in Thackeray. The British in India also tended to call other Indians by more specific terms, like Hindus or Muslims, or Bengalis, &c. Lachrie (talk) 19:10, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Pritchard was British
He was British and represented GB, as Ian Buchanan showed. IOC needs to wake up.

http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv8n1/johv8n1i.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by MG291 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

he was white, Indians are coloured
period. 93.219.151.67 (talk) 08:58, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Date of birth
Pretty much every source at the internet i can find (except wp) gives norman pritchards birth date at June 23 1875. This article gives no sources at all. Does anybody know more? --A bougainvillea preguiçosa (talk) 08:05, 21 November 2014 (UTC)