Glenn Simpson (field hockey)

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Glenn Simpson
Personal information
NicknameSimmo
NationalityAustralian
Born (1987-05-05) 5 May 1987 (age 37)
Victoria
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportField hockey
EventMen's team
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2011 Auckland Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Melbourne Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Bhubaneswar Team

Glenn Simpson (born 5 May 1987) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, and in 2011 he won a gold medal in the Champions Trophy.

He is currently sponsored by Ritual Hockey Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine.

Personal

Simpson was born on 5 May 1987[1] and is from Melbourne, Victoria.[1][2] When not playing hockey, he is an electrician.[1]

Field hockey

Simpson started playing hockey as a seven-year-old and played junior hockey for Greensborough.[1] As a junior player for Victoria, he was a member of a team that won the U21 national championships.[1] He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League, where is guernsey number is 21.[1] He played for the team in the first found of the 2011 season.[3]

National team

Simpson is a member of the

Perth, Western Australia.[8][9][10] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.[2] He played for Kookaburras during the series. He scored a goal in his team's 2–1 victory over the Netherlands.[11]

His national team teammates call him Simmo.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Hockey Australia: Glenn Simpson". Hockey.org.au. 5 May 1987. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign". Perth, Western Australia: Hockey Australia. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Scoreboard". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 13 June 2011. p. 55. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 15 April 2009. p. 46. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Charlesworth welcomes son". The Australian. Australia. Australian Associated Press. 2 October 2009. p. 37. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  6. ^ Singh, Ajitpal (26 April 2011). "New Straits Times (Malaysia): Aussies look powerful despite injury woes". New Straits Times. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  7. ^ Kumar, Manoj (12 December 2011). "INTERNATIONAL SCOREBOARD". Fiji Times. Suva. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Australian Associated Press. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  9. ^ "FOR THE RECORD". The Australian. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 35. AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  10. ^ "SCOREBOARD". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. 15 December 2011. p. 116. DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  11. ^ Stephan, Gene (17 February 2012). "A-class win for hockey second-stringers". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

External links

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