Alastair Brogdon

Alastair Brogdon
Personal information
Born (1987-11-10) 10 November 1987
Hale, Greater Manchester, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionForward
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
2008–2012 Bowdon - -
2012–2013 Waterloo Ducks - -
2013–2016 Wimbledon - -
2016-2017 HC Rotterdam - -
2017–2019 Wimbledon - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– England & GB 149 (23)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  England
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place2010 MönchengladbachTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 AmsterdamTeam
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 GlasgowTeam
World League
Bronze medal – third place2014 New DelhiTeam

Alastair Richard Brogdon (born 10 November 1987) is a British and English former field hockey player who competed at 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

Biography

Brogdon was born in November 1987, in Hale, Manchester growing up in Bowdon, the youngest of three boys, both his older brothers, as well as his father and grandfather were hockey players.

Brogdon played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League for Bowdon Hockey Club until 2012. While at Bowdon he made his international debut in 2009. He was part of the 2009 gold medal winning England side at the EuroHockey Championships and competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[1] Brogdon was part of the silver medal winning England team that competed at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[2]

After Bowdon he played club hockey for Waterloo Ducks and then Wimbledon Hockey Club, winning premier league titles with Wimbledon.[3] Also while at Wimbledon, Brogdon received his 100th England cap against Argentina at the 2014 Champions Trophy,[4] and competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he won a bronze medal.[5][6]

Brogdon represented Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.[7] After the Olympics Brogdon played for HC Rotterdam and at the end of 2016, announced his international retirement.[8]

After a final spell wth Wimbledon, Brogdon retired after the 2018/19 season[9] and took positions coaching with Canterbury Hockey Club and as Director of Hockey at Kent College.

In July 2023, Brogdon alongside four team mates swam the English Channel as a relay in a time of 15hours 5minutes.

References

  1. ↑ "Mantells go back to India with England". Berkshire Live. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "England suffer heavy defeat in first Champions Trophy final". The Guardian. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "EHL Statistics". Fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Alastair Brogdon - GB Hockey". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alastair Brogdon biography". glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014: England's team". BBC Sport. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Team GB name hockey squads for summer Olympics in Rio". Sky Sports. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Quartet say goodbye to international hockey". Team GB. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hockey transfers 2019/20: Latests ins and outs in English Premier Divisions". The Hockey Paper. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
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