Dennis Eagan
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| Born | 13 August 1926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 July 2012 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | half-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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
- ↑ "Obituaries". Groupwebsites.dcseurope.com. Retrieved 20 July 2012. (invalid link)
- ↑ "Colonel Dennis Eagan". Gresham's. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ "Hants Hockey XI". Portsmouth Evening News. 9 January 1951. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 3 4 "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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- British Army colonels
- British men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- People educated at Gresham's School
- Royal Engineers officers
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century British Army personnel
- Military personnel from Quetta
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs