Tim Whiteman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
2 April 1987 Suffolk, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender/midfielder | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2003 | Harleston Magpies | ||
| 2009–2017 | Beeston | ||
| 2017–2019 | Harleston Magpies | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| England & GB | 54 | ||
Timothy Whiteman (born 2 April 1987) is an English retired international field hockey player who played as a defender/midfielder for England and Great Britain.
Biography
[edit]Whiteman began his hockey career at Harleston Magpies[1] but gave up hockey while he taught and travelled in India. He returned to play club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Beeston and won three league titles with the club.[2]
Whiteman made his England debut in 2014[3] and participated in the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup but missed the 2014 Commonwealth Games[4] due to a broken thumb injury sustained during the World Cup.[5]
For the 2017/18 season, Whiteman joined Harleston Magpies as a player/coach for the men's first team.[2]
While playing at the end of the 2019 season he suffered a blow to his left eye, which caused a brain injury and required a six months recovery period before returning to his job as a politics and history teacher.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Double triumph". Diss Express. 15 May 1998. Retrieved 31 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Hockey star Tim Whiteman signs for Harleston Magpies". East Anglian Daily Times. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Crutchley - Tim Whiteman a 'lucky charm' for England". BBC Sport. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "News 31 October 2014". Field Hockey.com. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "England reveal hockey squads for Glasgow 2014". Team England. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Former GB hockey star suffers mild traumatic brain injury". the Hockey Paper. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
