Alastair Brogdon
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| Full name | Alastair Richard Brogdon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 November 1987 Hale, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alastair Richard "Ali" Brogdon (born 10 November 1987) is a British and English field hockey player who competed at 2016 Rio Olympics for Team GB.
Brogdon made his international debut in 2009 and received his 100th England cap against Argentina at the 2014 Champions Trophy.[1] He was part of the 2009 gold medal winning England side at the EuroHockey Championships. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.[2]
Brogdon was born in the winter of 1987, in Hale, Manchester growing in Bowdon, the youngest of three boys, both his older brothers, as well as his father and grandfather were hockey players. Bowdon is also where he played his club hockey until 2012. During his career he played club hockey for Wimbledon Hockey Club, Waterloo Ducks, HC Rotterdam and Bowdon Hockey Club winning premier league titles with Wimbledon and Waterloo Ducks.[3]
In July 2023, Brogdon alongside 4 team mates swam the English Channel as a relay in a time of 15hours 5minutes.
Outside of hockey Alastair likes to cycle, sea swim and play golf.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alastair Brogdon - GB Hockey". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Alastair Brogdon biography". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Alastair Brogdon at Olympedia (archive)
- Alastair Brogdon at Olympics.com
- Alastair Brogdon at Team GB
- Alastair Brogdon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alastair Brogdon at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- English male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Wimbledon Hockey Club players
- HC Rotterdam players
- English expatriate field hockey players
- Waterloo Ducks H.C. players
- Men's Belgian Hockey League players
- Men's England Hockey League players
- 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportsmen
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