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4 unusual facts about Field Hockey


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Teddington Hockey Club formed the modern game by introducing the striking circle and changing the ball to a sphere from a rubber cube.

Mark Saggers

He attended the Perse School, Cambridge, 1970–77 and was a keen sportsman representing the school at rugby, hockey, and cricket.

P. G. Ashmore

As an undergraduate, he held a scholarship, played soccer for Cambridge University and hockey for Cambridgeshire, was in his college's cricket First XI and crowned his first four years with a double first in the Natural Science tripos.

Rajiaka

The village is also notable for producing national level players in wrestling and hockey.


1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship

The 1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 15th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States.

Adam Commens

His time as Australian coach began in controversy as he dropped five experienced players, Kate Hollywood, Fiona Johnson, Alison Bruce, Shelly Liddelow and Amy Korner, from the national squad.

Avoca Hockey Club

Avoca Hockey Club (Cumann Haca Abhóca in Irish) is a hockey club based in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.

Berlin Township, New Jersey

Sarah Dawson (born 1992), field hockey forward / midfielder who represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Bishop Eustace Preparatory School

Kelli James (born 1970), former field hockey striker who earned a total number of 144 caps for the United States women's national field hockey team, and United States Olympian.

Björn Emmerling

Björn Emmerling (born November 16, 1975 in Würzburg) is a field hockey player from Germany, who plays for Hanauer THC in his native country.

Cedar Crest College

Diane Moyer, former Olympic field hockey player, current chair of the psychology department

Debbie Bowman-Sullivan

Deborah Ann Bowman-Sullivan (born 4 July 1963) in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian former field hockey defender, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Devesh Chauhan

Devesh Singh Chauhan (born 12 November 1980 in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh) is a field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in early 2000.

Dinesh Nayak

R. Dinesh Nayak (born May 17, 1975 in Ernakulam, Kerala) is a field hockey defender from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1993 during the test serie against Kenya.

Egbert Ho

Egbert Ho (born March 20, 1978) is a former field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who earned a total number of sixteen caps for the Dutch national team in 2004 under coach Terry Walsh.

Ezra Horton

He retired from playing football in June 1891, and in 1895 he became a referee and also a hockey international.

Glenn Kirkham

Glenn Charles W. Kirkham (born 8 October 1982 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is an English field hockey player.

Gordon Pearce

Gordon Charles Pearce (born 10 January 1934 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India) is a field hockey player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, in the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 Summer Olympics for Australia.

Grant Schubert

Schubert was honoured as the most promising player at the 2003 Champions Trophy with nine goals in six matches.

Gurwinder Singh Chandi

Gurwinder Singh Chandi (born 20 October 1989 in Jalandhar, India) in an Indian professional field hockey player.

Guus Vogels

Vogels was named Best Goalkeeper at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore, Pakistan.

Irene Hendriks

Irene Desiree Hélène Hendriks (born 13 April 1958, Ngaliema, Belgian Congo) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Jhelum Cantonment

There are variety of sports facilities available within the cantonment which include Cricket fields Hockey fields, football fields, Tennis Courts, Squash courts and Swimming Pools are among many other sports facilities that are available.

John Cockett

John Ashley Cockett (born 23 December 1927 in Broadstairs) is a former English sportsman who was an olympic bronze medal winning field hockey player for England and Great Britain.

Jonty Rhodes

Rhodes also represented South Africa at hockey, and was chosen as part of the 1992 Olympic Games squad to go to Barcelona; however, the squad did not qualify to go to the tournament.

Leeds Adel Carnegie Hockey Club

Leeds Adel Carnegie Hockey Club is a Men’s and Ladies Field Hockey Club Based in Adel, Leeds, England.

Louis Baillon

Louis Charles Baillon (born on 5 August 1881 in Fox Bay, Falkland Islands — died 9 September 1965 in Brixworth, Northamptonshire) is a former field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the England team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

Marsha Marescia

Marsha Cox (née Marescia; born 13 January 1983 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Michele MacNaughton

Michele MacNaughton (born 18 November 1973 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a retired female field hockey player from South Africa, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Mohammed Riaz

Riaz Nabi Mohammed (born May 5, 1972 in Madras, Tamil Nadu) is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team.

Oakcrest High School

The school offers many sports to its students including Football, Fall Cheerleading, Field hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, Winter Cheerleading, Lacrosse, Wrestling, Crew, Track and Field, Cross country running, Powerlifting and Baseball

Paul Chohan

Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan (born on July 2, 1957 in Ludhiana (Punjab), India) is a former field hockey player from Canada.

Percival Molson Memorial Stadium

It also served as a venue for field hockey during the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Peter van Asbeck

Henrik Jan Peter van Asbeck (born December 26, 1954 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands.

Pol Amat

The striker won his first major title with the Spaniards at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore.

Regina Buggy

Regina ("Gina") Buggy (born November 12, 1959 in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Sahlen's Stadium

The stadium also hosts other sporting events such as collegiate soccer, Rochester Rhinos Elite youth soccer games and practices, American football, field hockey and drum and bugle corps competitions as well as concerts.

Santi Freixa

In 2004, Freixa was named Talent of the Year by the International Hockey Federation and won the Champions Trophy with Spain in Lahore.

Santiago Manuel de Alday y Aspée

He also condemned the game known as palín or chueca, a form of field hockey of Mapuche origin, as well as the thick winter clothes worn by some clerics during cold weather, and the use of the sacramental bread by some people as a sealing wax on letters.

Sardara Singh

Sardara Singh (born 15 July 1986 in Rania) sometimes referred as Sardar Singh, is an Indian professional field hockey player.

Sergio Vigil

Besides that, Vigil coached Las Leonas to gold medals at the 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup, 2001 Champions Trophy and the 1999 Pan American Games.

The Polytechnic Stadium

Before that, it hosted the field hockey preliminaries for the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Tom Lingenfelter

An active athlete, Lingenfelter won a bronze medal in indoor sprinting at the National Masters, was Pennsylvania's champion indoor sprinter, was a Keystone Games medalist in field hockey and shooting, and won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games as a member of the United States' Olympic field hockey team.

Trager Stadium

Trager Stadium is a field hockey stadium located on the campus of the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky.

Vanessa van Kooperen

Vanessa Schmoranzer (van Kooperen) (born 27 July 1972 in Bergisch Gladbach) is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

William Goodsir-Cullen

William "Willie" James Goodsir-Cullen (29 March 1907 in Firozepur – 15 June 1994 in Wyoming, New South Wales, Australia) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.


see also

Arthur Hind

Arthur Charles Hind (1904–?), Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics

Big East Conference

Old Dominion will also play field hockey in the league, while Cincinnati will play women's lacrosse.

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.

David Fairey

Outside of cricket, he played field hockey for Cambridgeshire and England.

Émile Vercken

He was a member of the Belgian field hockey team which finished fourth in the 1928 Olympic tournament.

ENC

A European Nations' Cup, one of three competitions in either field hockey or rugby

Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

Field hockey was removed from the Olympics at the 1924 Paris Games due to the lack of an international sporting structure.

Men's field hockey became a permanent feature at the next Olympic Games, the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.

Fioroni

Andrea Fioroni (born 1969), Argentinian former female field hockey player

Geaney

Mary Geaney (born 1954), former international field hockey athlete

Gerald Hylkema

In 1968, he was part of the Dutch field hockey team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Gurdev Singh

Sardar Gurleen Singh Kullar (born 12 August 1933) is a former Indian field hockey player, originally from Sansarpur, who now lives with his family in Leeds, England.

India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Negi's involvement and the Gold inspired the successful 2007 Shahrukh Khan film about women's field hockey, Chak De India.

Jaap-Derk Buma

His father Edo was also a field hockey international for Holland.

James Kirkwood

Jimmy Kirkwood (born 1962), field hockey player from Northern Ireland

Kinney Zalesne

She attended The Baldwin School, where she was president of student government and played varsity field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse.

Levon Hayrapetyan

He is the son of Olympic medal winning field hockey player Sos Hayrapetyan.

Levon is the son of field hockey Olympic medalist Sos Hayrapetyan.

Manzoor Hussain

Manzoor Hussain Atif, field hockey gold medalist at the 1960 Rome Olympics

Maria Rodriguez

María Ángeles Rodríguez (born 1957), Spanish field hockey player and 1992 Olympic gold medalist

Mariana González

Mariana González Oliva (born 1976), Argentinian Olympic field hockey player

Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics

The Men’s field hockey Qualifying Tournament for the 2012 Summer Olympics are qualification tournaments to determine the final three spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Muhammad Rashid

Muhammad Abdul Rashid (born 1941), former field hockey player from Pakistan

Peter Croft

Peter Downton Croft (born 1933), English field hockey player and cricketer

Querejeta

Jorge Querejeta (born 1968), former field hockey player from Argentina

Richard Charlesworth

Ric Charlesworth, Australian cricketer and field hockey player and coach

Saint Francis Red Flash

The Saint Francis Red Flash are the 22 sports teams representing Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, track and field, and volleyball; women's-only bowling, field hockey, lacrosse, softball, and swimming; and men's-only football.

Shahid Ali

Shahid Ali Khan (born 1964), field hockey gold medalist in 1984 Summer Olympics from Pakistan

Steve Holt

Stephen Holt (born 1974), former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia

Stewart Gavin

Gavin has two children, Taylor (b. November 24, 1993) and Max (b. 1989), both mothered by ex-wife, Phyllis Ellis (former Olympic field hockey player and current television star).

Swedish Hockey Association

The Swedish Hockey Association was founded in 1973 as interest in field hockey in Sweden increased substantially following the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

Sychyov

Aleksandr Sychyov (born 1959), retired field hockey player from Russia

Te Kopuru

Jane Goulding, born in Te Kopuru, was a member of the New Zealand field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Weinhold

Max Weinhold (born 1982), German field hockey player (goalkeeper)

Women's field hockey in Australia

The 1983 World Cup was also a significant event for Australian women's field hockey because it was the first World Cup that was governed by the International Hockey Federation, an international governing body that for the first time represented both sexes.