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4 unusual facts about Brent Dancer


Brent Dancer

His father, Barry Dancer, coached the Australian side at the 2004 Athens Olympics where Australia won a gold medal, the only men's field hockey Olympic gold medal the team has ever won.

In 2009, he and Jonathon Charlesworth made their national team debut during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, against Malaysia.

He is a midfielder and plays for the WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League, whom he won a championship with in 2008.

Matthew Gohdes

In 2009, Gohdes, Jonathon Charlesworth and Brent Dancer made their national team debut during a five game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Malaysia.



see also

Australia men's national field hockey team

Barry Dancer/Brent Dancer and Ric Charlesworth/Jonathan Charlesworth are two pairs of father as coach and son as player while both were affiliated with the national team in those positions.