David F. Tomlinson (born Q3.1936) was a field hockey player who was selected for Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Tomlinson was educated at Alleyn's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. While at the University of Cambridge he earned his blue and played for the team known as Cambridge University Wanderers.
Tomlinson was subsequently named in the Olympic traialist list in May 1960 before making the final Olympic squad, although he did not earn any minutes during the competition.
After the Olympics Tomlinson played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club and for Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire at county level.
He retired from hockey in 1969.