| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Born |
13 August 1926 Quetta, British India | |||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 2012 | |||||||||||||
| Playing position | half-back | |||||||||||||
| Senior career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1958 | Army | |||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | |||||||||||
| Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| England | 8 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dennis Michael Royal Eagan (13 August 1926 – 1 July 2012) was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics as a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal.[1] He played all three matches as halfback.
Biography
[edit]Born in Quetta, British India, Eagan was educated at Gresham's School[2]
Egan played club hockey for the Army, Aldershot Services and at county level played for Hampshire.[3]
He earned eight caps for Great Britain in total.[4]
He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.[5][4]
Egan had a distinguished career in the Royal Engineers separate from his achievements in hockey, retiring as a Colonel.[4] After he ceased playing hockey he became a respected administrator in the game, as secretary of the Hockey Association and European Hockey Association, and treasurer and then vice-president of the British Olympic Association.[4][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituaries". Groupwebsites.dcseurope.com. Retrieved 20 July 2012.[permanent dead link] (invalid link)
- ^ "Colonel Dennis Eagan". Gresham's. Retrieved 1 September 2012.[permanent dead link] [dead link]
- ^ "Hants Hockey XI". Portsmouth Evening News. 9 January 1951. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Colonel Dennis Eagan". Belfast News-Letter. 3 August 1978. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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