Lee Morton
Scottish field hockey player (born 1995)
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Lee Morton (born 23 May 1995) is a Scottish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam and the Scotland and Great Britain national team.[1] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Glasgow, Scotland
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| Born |
23 May 1995 Glasgow, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71.5 kg (158 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Kelburne | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Kelburne | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Old Georgians | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2025 | Scotland | 117 | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Great Britain | 44 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Morton, born in Glasgow, Scotland, began his career at his childhood side Kelburne, based in Paisley, where Morton originates from. He amassed a total of seven league titles, 5 Scottish cups and a bronze medal at the EuroHockey Club Challenge I held in Glasgow, Scotland before moving south of the border.
Morton won a gold medal with Scotland at the 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow.[2] Also in 2017, Morton joined Reading in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division and success followed him down south with a two league titles, an English Cup and three indoor titles. While at Reading, he represented Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games[3][4] and was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.[5] He made his Great Britain debut on 16 June 2018.[6]
Morton transferred from Reading to Old Georgians for the 2019–20 season.[7] He was selected to represent Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham[8] and helped Old Georgians win two league and cup doubles during the 2021–22 season and 2022-23 season and the league title during the 2023-24 season.[9]
Morton was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10] During the group stage, he scored a late equaliser from a penalty against the Netherlands, to level the game 2-2. The team were eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.[11]
In 2024 he left the British leagues to play for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Amsterdam.[12]
