Ivan Laing

Ivan Laing
Personal information
Born(1885-08-18)18 August 1885
Hawick, Scotland
Died30 November 1917(1917-11-30) (aged 32)
Metz-en-Couture, Pas-de-Calais, France
Sport
SportField hockey
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
1908 Hawick - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
– Scotland -
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place1908 LondonTeam competition

Ivan Laing (18 August 1885 – 30 November 1917) was a field hockey player from Scotland who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] Born in Hawick, and a member of the Hawick Hockey Club, in 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team.[2] Laing also played rugby for Hawick RFC,[3] and swam for Hawick Amateur Swimming Club.[4]

Biography

Laing was born in Glasgow, the son of John Turnbull Laing, a factory owner. He was educated at New College, Eastbourne, and at Verviers in Belgium.[5]

Laing was killed in action aged 32 during World War I, serving as a lieutenant with the Coldstream Guards at Metz-en-Couture. He was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery nearby.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ivan Laing". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ivan Laing". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Football – Hawick v Langholm, Hawick News and Border Chronicle, 5 November 1909
  4. ↑ Swimming, Southern Reporter, 9 October 1913
  5. ↑ The Sportsman's Roll of Honour, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 22 December 1917
  6. ↑ "Laing, Ivan". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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