James Duthie (field hockey)

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British field hockey player (born 1957)

Born 27 October 1957 (1957-10-27) (age 68)
Glasgow, Scotland

Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight 72 kg (159 lb)

Playing position Sweeper

James Duthie

Personal information

Born

27 October 1957 (1957-10-27) (age 68)
Glasgow, Scotland

Height

183 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

72 kg (159 lb)

Playing position

Sweeper

Senior career

Years

Team

1978–1993

Southgate

1993–1995

Surbiton

National team

Years

Team

Caps

Goals

–

Great Britain

–

England

Medal record

Men's field hockey

Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	1984 Los Angeles	Team competition
Champions Trophy
	1978 Lahore	Team competition
	1984 Karachi	Team competition
	1985 Perth	Team competition

James Livingstone Duthie (born 27 October 1957) is a former field hockey player, who won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Duthie was born in Glasgow^[2] but was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and lived in Bishop's Stortford while the captain of the England U21 team in 1978.^[3]

He played club hockey for Southgate in the Men's England Hockey League and in July 1978 he was selected for the England squad^[4] and was part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the inaugural 1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Lahore, Pakistan.^[5] He also appeared for the King's Lynn based Pelicans during the indoor season. He was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott.^[6]

He played at the 1982 Men's Hockey World Cup and the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament and won a bronze medal with the team.^[7] He was also part of the bronze medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the 1984 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Karachi, Pakistan and the silver medal winning team the following year at the 1985 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in Perth, Australia.^[8]

Duthie missed out on selection for the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup because he broke his leg shortly before the event^[9] and missed the 1988 Summer Olympics after sustaining another injury.

He coached the Harrow Hockey Club in 1992/93, and was player/coach for Surbiton in 1993/94, while also manager of the England U18 team.^[10]

He was one of the coaches of the men's GB team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
↑ "James Duthrie". Team GB. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
↑ "Oberver". Herts and Essex Observer. 22 June 1978. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Duthie included in international hockey club". Herts and Essex Observer. 27 July 1978. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Gregg gets G.B. Call-up". Belfast Telegraph. 24 October 1978. Retrieved 24 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
↑ "Results". Sandwell Evening Mail. 2 July 1984. Retrieved 20 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Champions Trophy". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
↑ "Hockey call for Duthie". Daily Express. 1 December 1987. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Surbiton the test for City". Gloucester Citizen. 5 February 1994. Retrieved 21 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

James Duthie at Olympics.com

James Duthie at Olympedia

v t e Great Britain squad – 1978 Champions Trophy – Bronze medal
1 Barber 2 Brookeman 3 Cattrall 4 Cotton (c) 5 Duthie 6 Foulkes 7 Gregg 8 McLean 9 Menzies 10 Owen (gk) 11 Sutherland 12 I. Taylor (gk) 13 Westcott 14 Western 15 B. Williams 16 H. Williams Coach: ? Manager: Self

v t e Great Britain squad – 1980 Champions Trophy – 7th place
1 Barber 2 Brookeman 3 Cattrall 4 Cotton 5 Duthie 6 Foulkes 7 Gregg 8 Hughes 9 Khehar 10 Kullar 11 McLean 12 Owen (gk) 13 I. Taylor (gk) 14 Westcott 15 Whitaker 16 Williams Coach: ? Manager: Self

v t e England squad – 1981 Champions Trophy – 6th place
1 Bhaura 2 Brookeman 3 Craig 4 Dodds 5 Duthie 6 Francis 7 Hughes (c) 8 Hurst (gk) 9 Khehar 10 Leman 11 Precious 12 Rule 13 I. Taylor (gk) 14 Wallace 15 Westcott 16 Wilkinson Coach: Whitaker Manager: Whalley

v t e England squad – 1982 World Cup – ninth place
1 Barber 2 Bhaura 3 Brookeman 4 Craig 5 Dodds 6 Duthie 7 Francis 8 Hughes (capt) 9 Hurst (gk) 10 Khehar 11 Leman 12 Precious 13 Rule 14 Taylor I. (gk) 15 Westcott 16 Wilkinson Coach: Whitaker Manager: Self

v t e Great Britain squad – 1984 Champions Trophy – Bronze medal
1 Bhaura 2 Cattrall 3 Clift 4 Craig 5 Duthie 6 Faulkner 7 Hughes 8 Kerly 9 Leman 10 Lewis 11 Martin 12 McConnell 13 Pappin (gk) 14 Potter 15 Shaw 16 I. Taylor (gk)

v t e Great Britain squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 Taylor 2 Pappin 3 Martin 4 Barber 5 Cattrall 6 Potter 7 Dodds 8 McConnell 9 Hughes 10 Westcott (c) 11 Leman 12 Batchelor 13 Kerly 14 Duthie 15 Bhaura 16 Precious Coach: Whitaker Manager: Self, Assistant manager: Disbury

v t e Great Britain squad – 1985 Champions Trophy – Silver medal
1 Barber 2 Batchelor 3 Bhaura 4 Bolland 5 Clift 6 Dodds 7 Duthie 8 Faulkner 9 Grimley 10 Hughes 11 Hurst (gk) 12 Leman 13 Martin 14 McConnell 15 Potter 16 I. Taylor (gk)

v t e Great Britain squad – 1986 Champions Trophy – 4th place
1 Barber 2 Batchelor 3 Bhaura 4 Dodds (c) 5 Duthie 6 Faulkner 7 Kerly 8 Leman 9 Martin 10 McConnell 11 Pappin (gk) 12 Potter 13 Shaw 14 Sherwani 15 I. Taylor (gk) Coach: Whitaker Manager: Cotton

v t e Great Britain squad – 1988 Champions Trophy – 6th place
1 Batchelor 2 Clift 3 Dodds (c) 4 Duthie 5 Faulkner 6 Garcia 7 Grimley 8 Hill 9 Hurst (gk) 10 Martin 11 Mayer 12 McConnell 13 Potter 14 I. Taylor (gk) 15 R. Thompson

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