Lee Morton

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Lee Morton
Personal information
Born (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 29)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 71.5 kg (158 lb)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club Amsterdam
Youth career
Kelburne
Senior career
YearsTeam
0000–2017 Kelburne
2017–2019 Reading
2019–2024 Old Georgians
2024–present Amsterdam
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014 Scotland U21 7 (0)
2014–present Scotland & GB 117 (26)
Last updated on: 22 June 2024

Lee Morton (born 23 May 1995) is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam and the Scotland and Great Britain national team. [1]

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International career

He represented Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [2] In August 2019, he was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. [3] On 18 June 2024, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [4]

On 30 July 2024, when representing Great Britain at these Olympics, he scored a late equaliser from a penalty in a group stage match against the Netherlands, to level the game by making the score 2-2.

The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India. [5]

Club career

Morton played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians. He has also played for Reading. He began his career at his childhood side Kelburne, based in Paisley, where Morton originates from. He amassed a total of seven league titles, 5 Scottish cups and a bronze medal at the EuroHockey Club Challenge I held in Glasgow, Scotland before moving south of the border. Success has followed him down south with a two league titles, an English Cup and three indoor titles. In 2024 he left Great Britain to play for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam. [6]

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References

  1. Lee Morton - GB Hockey
  2. Athlete Profile: Lee MORTON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
  3. "Scotland men's squad announced for Belfius EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp". www.scottish-hockey.org.uk. Scottish Hockey. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  5. "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. "Schotse hockeyer Lee Morton versterkt Amsterdamse Hockey & Bandy Club". amsterdamdagblad.nl (in Dutch). Amsterdams Dagblad. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.