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.


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