Having gained a degree in Geography at
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he became the captain of the Cambridge hockey team. He worked as a geography teacher at
Bishop's Stortford College for six years in the late 1960s and 1970 and then taught at
Bedford School before returning to
Bishop's Stortford College during the 1990s. He left the school to work as a performance director for the
British Olympic Association, later becoming Performance Manager. In 2009 he was appointed MBE for services to sports. and then joined
Southgate Hockey Club in the
Men's England Hockey League. He was part of the Southgate team that won the
EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in
1976,
1977 and
1978. Cotton captained the England team at both the
1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur and at the
1978 Men's Hockey World Cup in Buenos Aires. He was part of and also captained the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the inaugural
1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in
Lahore, Pakistan. Cotton was selected as captain for the
Great Britain team for the
1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the
boycott. == References ==