Colin Whalley

Colin Whalley
Personal information
Born (1941-03-08) 8 March 1941
Irby, Cheshire, England
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionCenter forward
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
1962–1965 Formby - -
1965–1985 Hightown - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Great Britain 20 -
1967–1975 England 49 -

Colin James Campbell Whalley (born 8 March 1941) is an English former field hockey player who represented the Great Britain men's national field hockey team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Biography

He played hockey for Lancashire 153 times, and appeared for England 49 times.[2]

He played club hockey for Hightown Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and became their club captain.[3]

While at Hightown he played for England at the 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup in Amstelveen.[4] He was also selected by England for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur[5][6]

In 1978, he became an England selector[7] and later became the manager of the England in 1980.[8] He managed the team during the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup, with England finishing as runners-up.[2]

Whalley also played cricket at minor counties level for Cheshire from 1962–1965, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[9]

He was a bank manager by trade.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Colin James Campbell Whalley". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fairbairn, Sir Robert Duncan". Fromby Hockey Club - History. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "hightwon are at strength". Liverpool Daily Post. 25 April 1970. Retrieved 4 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "England keep hockey cup hopes alive". Hull Daily Mail. 27 August 1973. Retrieved 4 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "England name hockey squad". Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Colin Chosen". Liverpool Echo. 15 November 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Whalley England hockey manager". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 10 December 1980. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Colin Whalley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Hockey manager's winning return". Lincolnshire Echo. 28 August 1981. Retrieved 28 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.