Jason Collins (field hockey)
British field hockey player (born 1977)
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Jason Matthew Collins (born May 1977)[1][2] is a British former field hockey player who played for GB and England.
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| Born | May 1977 (age 49) Worthing, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Collins was born in Worthing, England, and educated at Littlehampton Community School.[3]
He was the captain of Horsham Colts and his Littlehampton School team and won a place on the Sussex representative junior squad in 1991.[4] After a spell with Worthing Hockey Club[5] he played club hockey for East Grinstead in the Men's England Hockey League from 1993.[6][7]
Collins joined Guildford in 2001 and in October 2001 he was selected for his England debut during the international series against South Africa.[8] Still at Guildford, Collins represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, where he helped England finish in fifth position.[9][10][11]
After the 2005 season Collins retired from international hockey and later joined Chichester for the 2007/08 season as a player coach.[12]