Andy Wallace (field hockey)

Andy Wallace

Senior career
Years	Team
1978–1981	Southgate
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
	Great Britain
	England

Andrew J. Wallace (born 1959) is a former hockey international who represented Great Britain and England. He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Wallace played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and because he was born to Scottish parents was eligible for both England and Scotland. ^[1] He opted to play for England and before he had even earned an England cap was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott. ^{[2] [3]}

Wallace subsequently made his England debut ^{[4] [5]} and represented England at the 1981 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Karachi, Pakistan. ^[6]

References

1. "Wallace under inspection". The Scotsman. 5 May 1979. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
2. "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
3. "Neil Menzies on short leet for Moscow Olympics" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 20 September 1979. Retrieved 2 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Hockey:Carl Anderson" . Belfast News-Letter. 24 March 1980. Retrieved 2 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Wallace clinches it for England" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 23 March 1980. Retrieved 2 August 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 2 August 2025.