Andy Humphrey

Andy Humphrey

Personal information
Born	May 1973 Upper Poppleton, York, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career
Years	Team
1989–1995	Welton
1995–2015	Cannock
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	GB
	England
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   England European Championship 1999 Padua Team

Andrew Richard Humphrey (born May 1973) is a British former field hockey player who played for GB and England.

Biography

Humphrey was born in 1975 and won a sports award from the Harrogate Borough Council in 1988 for a U-19 tour of Canada. ^[1]

He played club hockey for Welton in the Men's England Hockey League and participated in the 1992 European Junior Cup ^[2] before gaining full England international honours ^[3] but just missed out on selection for the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup. ^[4]

Humphrey joined Cannock ^[5] for the 1995–96 England Hockey League season and gained immediate success winning the league title with the club. While at Cannock he won six more league titles and three Hockey Association Cups, ^{[6] [7]} in addition to representing England at two World Cups in 1998 ^[8] and 2002 ^[9] and Great Britain at the 2000 Champions Trophy.

In 2015 he was still playing for the Cannock Veterans team. ^[10]

References

1. "Sixteen-year-old Andy Humnphrey" . Knaresborough Post. 15 July 1988. Retrieved 7 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Hockey: England fall in penalty decider". The Independent. 28 August 1992. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
3. "Hockey: Mayer in storming form for England". The Independent. 20 June 1994. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
4. "Kalbir called up" . Birmingham Daily Post. 19 October 1994. Retrieved 7 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "International Honours". Cannock Hockey Club. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
6. "Midlanders face a fight for top-flight status" . Birmingham Daily Post. 6 October 1995. Retrieved 7 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Andy Humphrey celebrates 2005 Championship win". BBC Stoke and Stafforshire. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
8. "Humphrey Andy, England hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
9. "Holden's team can't stop Rott" . Reading Evening Post. 2 April 1998. Retrieved 7 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Vets Lose To Cannock In Close Fought Trophy Final". Henley Hockey Club. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2025.