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British field hockey player

Born Q1.1948
Surrey, England

Playing position Sweeper

Years Team

1970–1978 Old Kingstonians

Peter Freitag
Personal information
Born	Q1.1948 Surrey, England
Playing position	Sweeper
Senior career
Years	Team
1970–1978	Old Kingstonians
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
–	Great Britain
–	England

Peter C. Freitag (born Q1.1948) is a former British hockey international and coach.

Freitag studied at University of London and represented Middlesex at county level.^[1] He played club hockey for Old Kingstonians Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League.^[2]

In 1972 he was captain of England’s indoor team and joined Cranleigh School, where he helped the school improve their hockey profile.^[3]

While at Old Kingstonians, Freitag was selected by England for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur^[4]^[5] and was selected by England again for the 1978 Men's Hockey World Cup.^[6]^[7]

He later played for and became Vice President of the Old Cranleighan Hockey Club^[8] and was assistant coach to the women national team for the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[9]

He moved to Australia and coached Suburban Lions Hockey Club in Western Australia.^[10]

References

↑ "Prosser is captain". Evening News (London). 11 December 1968. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Tonight's Sportsreel". Evening News (London). 24 October 1970. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "A century of Cranleigh Hockey". Old Cranleighan Society. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
↑ "England name hockey squad". Liverpool Daily Post. 19 December 1974. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Hat-tricks, hospitality and honour: recalling the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup". The Hockey Museum. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
↑ "England select Taylor but Mallett waits". Birmingham Daily Post. 15 February 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "4th World Cup, Buenos Aires 1978". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
↑ "Presidents And Vice Presidents". Old Cranleighan Hockey Club. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
↑ "Olympic Games / Olympic Countdown - Hockey: Gold standard on the move". The Independent. 19 July 1992. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
↑ "Hockey. Peter Freitag with his son, Simon Freitag, are working together for Subs". Westpix. 9 May 1993. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

v t e England squad – 1975 World Cup – sixth place
1 Aldridge 2 Barker (gk) 3 Blackmore 4 Brookeman 5 Cotton (capt) 6 Disbury 7 Freitag 8 Long 9 McGinn I. 10 Mills (gk) 11 Neale 12 Purdy 13 Smith 14 Svehlik 15 Thomson 16 Whalley 17 Whitaker Coach: Langhorne Manager: John Ivens

v t e England squad – 1978 World Cup – seventh place
1 Barber 2 Brookeman 3 Cotton (capt) 4 Freitag 5 Hughes 6 Hurst (gk) 7 Khehar 8 Long 9 McGinn A. 10 McGinn I. 11 Saini 12 Saldanha 13 Smith 14 Taylor I. (gk) 15 Thomson 16 Whitaker Coach: Trevor Clarke Manager: Ekins

v t e Great Britain squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 Thompson 2 Morgan 3 Bayliss 4 Brown 5 Nevill (c) 6 Atkins 7 Dixon 8 W. Fraser 9 Lister 10 Sixsmith 11 Ramsay 12 McWilliams 13 Miller 14 Nicholls 15 Johnson 16 S. Fraser Coach: Hay Assistant coach: Freitag

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