Donny Hay

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Donny Hay
Personal information
Born 1959
Playing position Forward
Senior career
YearsTeam
1980–1994 Grange
National team
YearsTeamCaps
Scotland 51

Donny Hay (born 1959) is a former field hockey player who played for the Scotland men's national field hockey team gaining 51 caps as a forward during the 1980s. [1] [2] Hay also played for the Scotland indoor hockey team. [3]

Biography

He played club hockey for Grange in the Scottish Hockey National Leagues and indoors for Plexus Mercian. [4]

While at Grange, Hay was called up to the Scottish training squad in April 1980. [5]

Hay played in Scotland's first ever outdoor victory against Spain in 1983. [1] Scotland won the match 1-0 in Barcelona. [1]

Hay was part of the Grange squad that played in the 1995 European Cup Winners' Cup tournament in Sardinia. [6] Grange losing to Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (ESP) 3-1, Harvestehuder THC (GER) 3-0, SKA Ekaterinburg (RUS) 3-1 and beating MZKS Poczotwiec (POL) 3-1 to finish sixth overall. [7]

In 2003 he was in the Scotland squad that played in the Home Countries Veterans' Tournament held in Edinburgh. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scots' first hockey win over Spain". The Herald (Glasgow) . 4 April 1983. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. "Strathallan in the 1970s" (PDF). Strathallan School. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  3. "Five new caps in hockey team for Holland". The Herald (Glasgow). 28 November 1984. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. "Stamina earns Hay selection". The Herald (Glasgow). 14 January 1987. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. "Hockey call up for Hay and Benzies" . The Scotsman. 17 April 1980. Retrieved 1 August 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Teddington sights on final;Hockey". The Times . 14 April 1995. ProQuest   318285187.
  7. "EuroHockey Cup Winners Cup Men Cagliari 14-17 April 1995" (PDF). European Hockey Federation. 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  8. "Hockey stars roll back years". The Scotsman . 24 June 2003. Retrieved 25 October 2013.