Roger Smith (field hockey)

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Roger David Smith (born 26 May 1960) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for his native country. [1] He was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, best known as the Kookaburras.

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Roger lives in South Australia. He has been involved with the business Hockeyworld along with older brothers Trevor Smith (field hockey) and Terry Smith who also played hockey for Australia. [2]

Field hockey

International hockey

He made his Olympic Games debut in 1988 in Seoul where the Kookaburras finished fourth. [3] [4]

He played in the same team as Ric Charlesworth and Graham Reid (sportsman) who would go on to coach the national teams themselves.

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References

  1. "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians" . Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. "About Us". Hockeyworld. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. "History – Olympians". Hockey SA. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roger Smith". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2016.