Lee Morton

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Scottish field hockey player (born 1995)

Born (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 30)
Glasgow, Scotland

Height 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight 71.5 kg (158 lb)

Playing position Midfielder / Forward

Lee Morton

Personal information

Born

(1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 30)
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

0000–2017

2017–2019

2019–2024

2024–2025

National team

Years

Team

Caps

Goals

2014–2025

Scotland

117

2018–2024

Great Britain

(7)

Medal record

Representing Scotland

European Championship II
	2017 Glasgow	Team
	2021 Gniezno	Team

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.

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]

References

↑ Lee Morton - GB Hockey
↑ "EuroHockey Championship 2017: Scotland beat Wales in final". BBC Sport. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
↑ "Gold Coast 2018 hockey squads announced". Scottish Hockey. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
↑ "Athlete Profile: Lee MORTON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
↑ "Scotland men's squad announced for Belfius EuroHockey Championship in Antwerp". www.scottish-hockey.org.uk. Scottish Hockey. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
↑ "Great Britain Caps - Men". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
↑ "Hockey transfers 2019/20: Latests ins and outs in English Premier Divisions". The Hockey Paper. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Alan Forsyth leads Scots hockey squad". BBC Sport. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
↑ "Old Georgians crowned champs as Surbiton and Wimbledon win EHL spots". EHL. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
↑ "GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games". bbc.com. BBC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
↑ "GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
↑ "Schotse hockeyer Lee Morton versterkt Amsterdamse Hockey & Bandy Club". amsterdamdagblad.nl (in Dutch). Amsterdams Dagblad. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

External links

Lee Morton at the International Hockey Federation
Lee Morton at Team Scotland
Lee Morton at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

v t e Scotland squad – 2017 EuroHockey Championship – Gold medal
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Anderson 3 Atkins 4 Bain 5 Bremner 6 Byers 7 Cosgrove 8 Forrester (gk) 9 A. Forsyth 10 D. Forsyth 11 Fraser 12 Grassick (c) 13 Marshall 14 McIntyre 15 Morton 16 Parkes 17 Riddell 18 Wong Coach: Derek Forsyth

v t e Scotland squad – 2018 Commonwealth Games – 6th place
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Anderson 3 Bain 4 Bremner 5 Byers 6 Duke 7 A. Forsyth 8 D. Forsyth 9 Fraser 10 Grassick (c) 11 Harwood 12 Marshall 13 McIlravey (gk) 14 McIntyre 15 Morton 16 Parkes 17 Riddell 18 Wong Coach: D. Forsyth

v t e Scotland squad – 2019 EuroHockey Championship – 7th place
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Atkins 3 Duke 5 Bremner 6 Bull 7 A. Forsyth (C) 11 Morton 12 Falconer 13 Bain 14 Golden 18 McQuade 19 Collins 22 Parkes 23 Byers 26 Riddell 28 Greaves 29 Forrester (gk) 32 MacKenzie Coach: D. Forsyth, Manager: Hall

v t e Scotland squad – 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II – Silver medal
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Bremner 3 Bull 4 Byers 5 Collins 6 Coultas 7 R. Croll 8 Field 9 Forrester (gk) 10 A.Forsyth 11 C. Golden 12 Greaves 13 Harwood 14 Imrie 15 Morton 16 Mackenzie 17 McConnell 18 Shepherdson

v t e Scotland squad – 2022 Commonwealth Games – 9th place
1 Alexander (gk) 2 Bremner 3 Bull 4 Collins 5 Duke 6 Field 7 Forrester (gk) 8 A. Forsyth (c) 9 C. Golden 10 J. Golden 11 Greaves 12 Harwood 13 Mackenzie 14 McConnell 15 Morton 16 Riddell 17 Shepherdson 18 Walker Coach: D. Forsyth

v t e Great Britain squad – 2024 Summer Olympics – 7th place
2 Park 3 Waller 5 Ames (C) 6 Draper 7 Wallace 8 Shipperley 13 Ward 14 Albery 15 Roper 19 Goodfield 20 Payne 26 Sanford 28 Morton 29 Sorsby 30 Williamson 31 Calnan 33 Nurse 38 Furlong Coach: Revington

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