Rob Thompson (field hockey)

British field hockey player (born 1965)

Born (1965-08-06) 6 August 1965 (age 60)
Blackdown, Warwickshire, England

Playing position Forward

Years Team

1987–1996 Hounslow

Rob Thompson

Personal information

Born

(1965-08-06) 6 August 1965 (age 60)
Blackdown, Warwickshire, England

Playing position

Forward

Senior career

Years

Team

1987–1996

Hounslow

1996–1999

Hampstead & Westminster

National team

Years

Team

Caps

Goals

–

England & Great Britain

Medal record

Men's field hockey

Representing England
European Championship
	1995 Dublin	Team

Robert Patrick W. Thompson (born 6 August 1965) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Thompson, born in Blackdown, Warwickshire, England, was educated at Lawrence Sheriff School.^[1]

He represented Warwickshire at county level and played club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League from 1987.^[2] In 1987, Thompson was capped for England after being called up for the 1987 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Moscow.^[3]

In May 1989 he became the first player to score five goals for England in one match.^[4] While at his club Hounslow, he was selected for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.^[5]

Thompson became captain of Hounslow and was also selected for the 1996 Summer Olympics but was forced to miss them because of a serious ankle injury.^[6] After recovering from injury he joined Hampstead & Westminster as a player coach for the 1996–1997 season.^[7]

References

↑ "Englands's Euro bid". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 25 November 1993. Retrieved 23 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Sport in short". Reading Evening Post. 11 January 1988. Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Englands's Euro bid". Birmingham News. 9 July 1987. Retrieved 17 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Five star". Birmingham News. 31 May 1989. Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Hockey star going for gold". Rugby Advertiser. 28 May 1992. Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Hockey team needs to find the net to have a chance". Middlesex Chronicle. 18 July 1996. Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Five out for start of season". Hounslow & Chiswick Informer. 27 September 1996. Retrieved 12 June 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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

v t e Great Britain squad – 1989 Champions Trophy – 5th place
1 Clift 2 Faulkner 3 Garcia 4 Grimley 5 Halls 6 Hazlitt 7 Kerly 8 Leman (c) 9 Luckes (gk) 10 Mayer 11 Potter 12 Shaw 13 S. Taylor (gk) 14 N. Thompson 15 R. Thompson 16 Welch

v t e Great Britain squad – 1990 Champions Trophy – 6th place
1 Clift 2 Faulkner 3 Garcia 4 Grimley 5 Hill 6 Kirkwood 7 Laslett 8 Luckes (gk) 9 Martin 10 Potter 11 Rowlands (gk) 12 Shaw 13 Singh 14 N. Thompson 15 R. Thompson 16 Williams Coach: Hughes Manager: Cotton

v t e Great Britain squad – 1991 Champions Trophy – 5th place
1 Batchelor 2 Bolland 3 Clift (c) 4 Davis 5 Faulkner 6 Garcia 7 Kerly 8 Laslett 9 Luckes (gk) 10 Martin 11 Nicklin 12 Potter 13 Rowlands (gk) 14 Shaw 15 R. Thompson 16 Williams

v t e Great Britain squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – 6th place
1 Rowlands (gk) 2 Luckes (gk) 3 Martin 4 Bolland 5 Nicklin 6 Potter 7 Laslett 8 Hill 9 Batchelor 10 Garcia 11 Shaw 12 Thompson R. 13 Kerly 14 Clift (c) 15 Lee 16 Williams Coach: Hughes Manager: Cotton

v t e Great Britain squad – 1992 Champions Trophy – 5th place
1 Bolland 2 Clift 3 Garcia 4 Grimley 5 Kerly 6 Laslett 7 Lee 8 Luckes (gk) 9 Martin 10 Mayer 11 Nicklin 12 Potter 13 Rowlands (gk) 14 Singh 15 R. Thompson 16 Williams Coach: Hughes Manager: Cotton

v t e Great Britain squad – 1994 Champions Trophy – 6th place
1 Bolland 2 Crutchley 3 Davis 4 Garcia (c) 5 Halls 6 Laslett 7 Luckes (gk) 8 Mason (gk) 9 Mayer 10 McGuire 11 Nicklin 12 Shaw 13 Singh 14 Sutton 15 R. Thompson 16 Williams Coach: Whitaker Manager: David Whittle

v t e England squad – 1995 European Nations Cup – Bronze medal
1 Garcia 2 Giles 3 Halls 4 Hazlitt 5 Laslett 6 Luckes (gk) 7 Mason (gk) 8 Mayer 9 McGuire 10 Sharpe 11 Shaw 12 Singh 13 Takher 14 N. Thompson 15 R. Thompson 16 Wyatt Coach: Whitaker, Manager: David Whittle

v t e England squad – 1995 Champions Trophy – 6th place
1 Fordham 2 Garcia 3 Giles 4 Hall 5 Halls 6 Hazlitt (c) 7 Lee 8 Luckes (gk) 9 Mason (gk) 10 Mayer 11 McGuire 12 Pearn 13 Sharpe 14 Takher 15 N. Thompson 16 R. Thompson 17 Wallis 18 Wyatt Coach: Whitaker Manager: David Whittle

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