William Graham (field hockey)
Ireland men's field hockey international
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William Evans Graham [Note 1] MC, was an Ireland men's field hockey international.[1] He was a member of the Ireland team that played at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.[2]
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| Full name | William Evans Graham [Note 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 29, 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1947 (aged 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left half back/Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Graham also won Irish Senior Cup titles with both Palmerstown and Monkstown. He later served as an Ireland selector before becoming president of the Irish Hockey Union during the 1933–34 season. He was club president at Monkstown from 1927 until 1936. Graham was also a medical doctor.[3]
Domestic teams
Graham first played field hockey at Kingstown Grammar School before joining Palmerstown. He subsequently helped Palmerstown win the Irish Senior Cup. After the club disbanded in 1907, Graham and most of the Palmerstown squad moved to Monkstown where he won two more Irish Senior Cup titles in 1911 and 1914. His team mates at Palmerstown and Monkstown included J.E. Mills and the Peterson brothers, most notably Jack and Walter.[2][3][4][5]
Ireland international
First World War
During the First World War he served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1917 he was seriously wounded during an advance in Flanders, causing a leg to be amputated, but subsequently won the Military Cross for gallantry and devotion duty when in command of stretcher bearers.[1]
Honours
- Summer Olympics
- Runners Up: 1908: 1
- Irish Senior Cup
- Winners: 1910, 1914: 2
- Palmerstown
- Irish Senior Cup
- Winners: 1904–05: 1 ?
Notes
- ^1 Some sources give his middle name as Ernest.
