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Field Hockey · Ciekawostki

Rozdział 8: Zawodnicy i legendy

10 testów · 100 faktów · zaktualizowano 30 października 2026 · markdown

A hockey-playing murder suspect, a royal mystery, a hijacked hostess and the people behind the sport.

8.81The Suspect at Blackheath

A hockey player from Blackheath became one of the prime suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders.

Test 1Montague DruittRozwiąż test

  1. The evidence against him is largely circumstantial.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. He stayed until his death.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. He later qualified as a barrister in 1885 as well.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. It was a private boarding school of about 40 boys.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. It was officially ruled a suicide; he had been in the water for a month or more.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. He was an Assistant Chief Constable, and the memo came out only in the 1960s.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. He was a keen all-round sportsman of a very Victorian kind.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. 31 August 1888, November 1888, 31 December 1888, July 1889.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. 1881, 1885, 1894.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. It was the stick game's oldest and most stubborn club.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.82The Prince Who Played

Was the mystery member elected to Teddington in 1880 really a prince?

Test 1Prince Albert Victor and TeddingtonRozwiąż test

  1. He was the eldest son of the future Edward VII.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. Teddington's ground lay in Bushy Park, just opposite.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. Museum research shows the surname is very rare.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. He was on HMS Bacchante from 1879 to 1882.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. Trinity College also helped found the Hockey Association in 1886.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. It came during the great 'Asiatic flu' pandemic.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. These claims have largely been dismissed.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. 1864, 1880, 1883, 1886.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. 1819, 1841, 1864, 1865.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. He and his brother were both on board, so a hockey club membership seems unlikely.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.83The Hunt for Harvey Wood

England's goalkeeper at the 1908 Olympics had been credited under the wrong man's name.

Test 1Harvey WoodRozwiąż test

  1. Sports historians had credited Harvey Jesse Wood of Beverley.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. The Olympic team sheets show 'H.I. Wood'.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. A magazine article from the time gives a Staffordshire birthplace.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. His grandfather George founded it, and his father ran P&S Wood Ltd.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. They came in the home internationals and at the 1908 Olympics.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. He later worked as a bookkeeper in Bath.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. Yet 1908 newspapers wrote H.I. Wood about four times as often as H.J. Wood.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. 1908, 1912, 1916, 1963.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. He spent two seasons in the 2nd XI before taking over the first-team goal.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. He apparently never played for England again after that year.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.84Spooner the Publican

A coalminer's son who kept goal for England thirteen years apart.

Test 1Garnet Valentine SpoonerRozwiąż test

  1. He had begun as a coalminer, and moved up at Darfield Main Colliery.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. He kept the Strafford Arms near Barnsley.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. Teammates were mostly university men or from the military.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. The Great War came between, and he also spent time in Canada.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. A red-rose cloth badge was sewn onto it.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. He married there, and returned to serve in France.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. He then ran an off-licence in Dodworth on returning home.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. 3-1, 4-0, 7-0, 11-2.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. 1907, 1911, the First World War, 1924.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. A newspaper cartoon also gave him a very enlarged head.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.85The Hostess and the Hijack

A former junior hockey captain was on a British Airways plane that was hijacked in 1975.

Test 1Barbara Brindley's hijackRozwiąż test

  1. They won 5-1 that November.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. She was held in the cabin during the crisis.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. The plane had been on its way from Manchester to London.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. The hijacker thought he had reached France.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. He held out for eight hours.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. A gun and a grenade, both fake.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. It was a generous reward for an unusual day at work.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. It lasted eight hours from start to finish.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. 5-1, 8, 100.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. It lies north of London, and the hijacker thought he was somewhere else.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.86Nova Peris

From Olympic hockey gold to Commonwealth sprint gold, and on to the Senate.

Test 1Nova PerisRozwiąż test

  1. They were Australia's women's team, and they won gold.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  2. It made her the first Aboriginal Olympic gold medallist.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  3. She took up sprinting and later reached an Olympic semi-final in it.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  4. They came in Kuala Lumpur, the same Games as hockey's debut.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  5. She is the only Australian to have won in two different sports at that level.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  6. She represented the Northern Territory.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  7. She came into parliament with a long record of public life.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  8. 1996, 1998, 2013.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  9. 1996, 1998, 2000, where she reached the semi-finals.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · wiedza

  10. Few athletes change sports and keep on winning.

    Źródło: Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality · zastosowanie

8.87Hockey and the Great War

Medallists of 1908 who fought and died, and a charity match in comic costume.

Test 1Hockey and the First World WarRozwiąż test

  1. He was 31 and serving with the Royal Field Artillery.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  2. He had won a bronze medal.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  3. Shoveller went on to win a second Olympic gold in 1920.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  4. Robinson died of his wounds at home in 1916.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  5. The 143 is the count for all nations.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  6. The players wore comic costumes for the occasion.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  7. It cared for disabled sailors and soldiers in Richmond.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  8. 1916, 1917, 1918.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  9. 1908, the First World War, 1920.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · wiedza

  10. A big boot would have raised the penalty corner count, the article jokes.

    Źródło: Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing' · zastosowanie

8.88Twickenham, 1951

Hockey at the home of English rugby, and the £900 bill that disappeared.

Test 1Twickenham, 1951Rozwiąż test

  1. The Hockey Association wanted to show off the game.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. It had not been used for hockey before.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. That was far more than the Hockey Association's yearly subscription income.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. It noted the 'usual charges' would be waived given the heavy costs.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. She later became Mrs Macklin.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. Alistair Smallwood had played at Twickenham in the 1920s.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. They fell to Belgium and Holland, before a 5-0 win.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. 12, 14 and 15 May 1951.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. 3-2, 5-0, 6-1.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. Crowds fell below 1,500 in the poor weather of the last two days.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.89Super Mums

Hockey mothers who came back to play for England, from 1973 to today.

Test 1Super mumsRozwiąż test

  1. She had become a regular England defender in 1967.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  2. She was back playing for England in 1973.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  3. She already had a six-month-old daughter, Lucy.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  4. She had returned after having a second daughter, Emily.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  5. It was a fine career for someone who started so late.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  6. It marked an England return after a long gap.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  7. Her son Josh was born in April 2023.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  8. 1967, 1972, in the modern era.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  9. 1964, 1967, 1972, 1974.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · wiedza

  10. She had played for England for the first time in 1972.

    Źródło: The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org) · zastosowanie

8.90Sreejesh's Number 16

India retired a shirt number for a goalkeeper, but not for all teams.

Test 1PR Sreejesh's number 16Rozwiąż test

  1. The goalkeeper had just won his second Olympic bronze medal.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  2. It remains in use at the junior level.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  3. He can now groom the next keeper to wear the number.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  4. He retired straight after the bronze medal match.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  5. A bouquet and a memento came with it.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  6. It was used for that celebration of his career.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  7. He is the federation's secretary general.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  8. 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  9. All within a few days of each other.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · wiedza

  10. He comes from the south-western tip of India, a long way from hockey's Punjab heartland.

    Źródło: The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India · zastosowanie

Źródła

Primary/official sources only, no Wikipedia citations: the FIH and its continental federations, national associations, The Hockey Museum, the Olympic Channel and Olympedia, Guinness World Records, clubs' and makers' own histories, museums and named reputable media.

  • The Hockey Museum, 'Montague Druitt: Blackheath Hockey Club's Ripper?' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • The Hockey Museum, 'A Right Royal Mystery! Prince Albert Victor and Teddington Hockey Club' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • The Hockey Museum, 'Correcting Hockey History: the Hunt for Harvey Wood' and 'Harvey Wood: England's Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • The Hockey Museum, 'Garnet Valentine Spooner: he's a keeper!' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • The Hockey Museum, 'Hockey-playing hostess held hostage in hijack!' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • Australian Olympic Committee, 'Nova Peris' (olympics.com.au); National Museum of Australia, 'Nova Peris'; Sport Australia Hall of Fame; Statues for Equality10
  • Team GB, 'Remembering the Olympic heroes of the First World War'; The Hockey Museum, on Lt Charles Arthur Campbell and 'Christ's Hospital School's Jovial World War 1 Charity Match'; Imperial War Museum, 'Ivan Laing'10
  • The Hockey Museum, 'The Festival of Britain's Grand International Hockey Tournament 1951' and 'A Biography of Janet Macklin' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • The Hockey Museum, 'Super mums: celebrating hockey mothers who returned to elite sport' (hockeymuseum.org)10
  • The Week, 'Hockey India retires P.R. Sreejesh's No. 16 jersey', 14 August 2024; Asian Hockey Federation, 'Hockey India felicitates God of Modern Indian Hockey'; The Bridge; Outlook India10