Ian Thomson (field hockey)

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Ian Thomson
Personal information
Born 1952
England
Died 22 January 2016
Playing position Centre half
Senior career
YearsTeam
1972–1980 Houslow
National team
YearsTeamCaps
England 39
Great Britain 21

Ian Andrew Thomson (born 1952) was a field hockey international player who repesented England and Great Britain.

Biography

Thomson played club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League. [1]

While at Hounslow he played for England at the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur [2] [3] and the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup. [4] [5] He would have gone to the 1980 Summer Olympics but for the Great Britain boycott of the Games. [6]

At international retirement he had earned 39 caps for England and 21 caps for Great Britain. He became an active member of the Ladykillers Hockey Club and was their captain from 1977 to 1985. [7]

Thomson worked as a senior partner and GP at Lechlade Medical Centre. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour and died shortly afterwards on 22 January 2016. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Hounslow Hockey Club's Disappointing Display" . Middlesex Chronicle. 30 March 1973. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "England name hockey squad" . Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 22 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "4th World Cup, Buenos Aires 1978". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "oarsmen are in favour of Olympics" . Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 30 March 1973. Retrieved 5 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. 1 2 "2016.01 Doc Ian Thompson". Ladykillers Hockey Club. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Clare continues journey in memory of much-loved Lechlade GP". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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