Tom Sorsby

Tom Sorsby

Personal information
Born	(1996-10-28) 28 October 1996 (age 28) Sheffield, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career
Years	Team
2011–2013	Chapeltown HC
2013–2015	Sheffield Hallam
2015–2017	Beeston
2017–2018	University of Nottingham
2018–2023	Surbiton
2023–present	Den Bosch
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2016–2017	England & GB U-21	26	(0)
2019–present	England & GB	47	(0)
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   England EuroHockey Championship 2023 Mönchengladbach Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team

Thomas Callum Sorsby (born 28 October 1996) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or defender for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Den Bosch and the England and Great Britain national teams. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Sorsby played hockey for Chapeltown HC before playing for Sheffield Hallam from 2013 to 2015. He played for England at under-18 and under-21 level and for Great Britain at under-21 and under-23 level.

He joined Beeston for the 2015–16 season and represented the England under-21 in the Sultan of Johor Cup in 2016, when they finished 4th and played for the Great Britain under-21 team in the Sultan of Johor Cup in 2017, when they finished 2nd. ^[1]

After the 2017–18 season when he played for University of Nottingham Hockey Club he joined Surbiton in the Men's England Hockey League for the 2018–19 season. ^[1] Sorsby earned a call up to the Great Britain Olympic squad for the delayed 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo. ^{[2] [3]}

He won a bronze medal with England in the Men's tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. ^[4] Sorsby continued to play club hockey in the Premier Division for Surbiton until 2023, ^[5] when he left England to play for Den Bosch in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. ^[6]

He won a silver medal with England at the 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship in Mönchengladbach. ^[7]

Sorsby was part of the Great Britain that was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where the team reached the quarter final of the hockey event. ^[8]

References

1. "Tom Sorsby Joins Surbiton From University of Nottingham | Surbiton Hockey Club".
2. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
3. "Team GB hockey: 21 players to make Olympic debuts as men's and women's squads are named". Sky Sports. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
4. "Commonwealth Games: England's men win hockey bronze against South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
5. "Fixtures, Results, Tables, Stats, Teams & Players - England Hockey". Englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
6. "HC Den Bosch trekt Engelse international Tom Sorsby aan: 'Een eer en geweldige kans'". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
7. "EuroHockey: England men lose out to the Netherlands in dramatic final". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
8. "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

External links

• Tom Sorsby at the International Hockey Federation
• Tom Sorsby at Olympics.com
• Tom Sorsby at Team GB
• Tom Sorsby at Olympedia
• Tom Sorsby at Global Sports Archive
• Tom Sorsby on Great Britain Hockey
• Tom Sorsby on England Hockey
• Tom Sorsby at Team England
• Thomas Sorsby at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games