Roly Brookeman

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Roly Brookeman
Personal information
Born 1952 [1]
Playing position midfielder/winger
Senior career
YearsTeam
1971-1973 Loughborough Colleges
1973–1975 Slough
1975–1976 Hounslow
1977–1985 Southgate
1985–1999 Canterbury
National team
YearsTeamCaps
England & Great Britain 98

Roland H. Brookeman (born 1952) is a former British hockey international.

Biography

In 1971 Brookeman was representing Leicestershire and the Midlands at county level and Loughborough Colleges. [2] He was a teacher at Windsor Grammar School and joined Slough Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League, [3] where he made his full England debut in March 1974. [1]

While at Slough, he was selected by England for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur [4] [5] and the Great Britain squad for the 1976 Summer Olympics but the team failed to qualify for the latter. [6]

Brookeman signed for Hounslow Hockey Club before joining Southgate Hockey Club where he won the 1977–78 league title and played in the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup in Buenos Aires. [7] He played in his third World Cup at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup in Bombay. [8] In 1985, after moving to North Kent he joined Canterbury Hockey Club. [9]

Brookeman coached the England's U21s and then taught at Physical Education and English at St Edmund's School Canterbury. [10]

In 2023, Brookeman was in the newspaper headlines, stating about his depression following a marriage break-up and subsequent sleeping rough. [11] [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "New caps will face Olympic champions" . Birmingham Daily Post. 19 March 1974. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Three to play in anniversary game" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 9 December 1971. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "England's final trials" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 9 February 1974. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "England name hockey squad" . Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Gregg, carosn in Olympic panel" . Belfast News-Letter. 10 April 1975. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits" . Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "England fail" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 7 January 1982. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Oaks keep grip on cup" . Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser. 18 October 1985. Retrieved 26 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Former England hockey star Roly Brookeman now living on the streets". Kent Online. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ex England Hockey player slept rough on Canterbury streets". The Hockey Paper. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "Roly Brookeman: I went from playing in the World Cup to living on the streets". The Telegraph. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
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