Bill Waugh
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| Born | 20 January 1973 (age 52) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2001 | Southgate | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | |||||||||||||||
| GB | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| England | 121 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Waugh (born 20 January 1973) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Waugh was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, where he played hockey until being signed by Southgate in the Men's England Hockey League. He made his international debut in New Delhi, India, on 4 February 1995 against Kazakhstan, losing 0-1, and over the course of his career amassed a total of 121 caps for England and 15 caps for Great Britain. He also captained England at all levels, with the highlight being his captainship of the England team in the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, where England won a bronze medal.[2]
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he represented Great Britain.[3][4]
He left Southgate for Surbiton and while at Surbiton he represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[5][6] Waugh announced his retirement from international hockey in 2002.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Waugh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad". The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Parnham in latest squad". Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bill Waugh: EX ENGLAND CAPTAIN RETIRES". Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Bill Waugh at Olympics.com
- Bill Waugh at Olympedia
- Bill Waugh at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- British male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games