Sean Kerly
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| Full name | Sean Robin Kerly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sean Robin KerlyMBE(born 29 January 1960) is anEnglishformerfield hockeyplayer.
Biography
[edit]Kerly was born inWhitstableand was educated atChatham House Grammar SchoolinRamsgate.[1]He has played club hockey forCanterbury,Southgateand Herne Bay.[2]In 1981, he made hisEnglandsenior international debut.[1]
At the1984 Summer OlympicsinLos Angeles,he helped Great Britain secure the bronze medal. Kerly scored the winning goal in the bronze medal match in LA against Australia (3-2). The success is attributed as having revived interest in hockey in Britain. Two years later, at the1986 Men's Hockey World Cup,Britain won the silver medal on home ground in London, with Kerly scoring four goals in the tournament.[1][3][4][5]
After scoring a hat-trick against Pakistan in the1987 Men's Hockey Champions Trophyand eight goals in one game during the 1987 European Club Cup he entered the 1988 Olympics as a well-known name in Britain.[1]In 1988, he was a member of the gold medal-winningGreat Britain and Northern Irelandsquad at the1988Summer Olympics inSeoul.He scored a hat-trick in the semi-final against Australia before Britain defeated West Germany 3–1 in the final, with Kerly scoring once andImran Sherwanitwice.[1]
Since retirement, he has also been involved in commentary for international hockey coverage on national television.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^abcdeMontague, Trevor (2004).A-Z of Sport, pages 401-402.Little, Brown.ISBN0-316-72645-1.
- ^"Club Info".Retrieved20 November2014.
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Sean Kerly".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved20 November2014.
- ^"London 2012 Olympics: Seoul Games golden boy Sean Kerly still loves a bit of stick after all these years - Telegraph".Retrieved20 November2014.
- ^"Remembering the boys of 86 - Sports Journalists' Association".17 October 2006.Retrieved21 November2014.
- ^"Sean Kerly official website".Retrieved20 November2014.
- ^"London 2012 - Where are they now? Hockey hero Sean Kerly - Yahoo! Eurosport".Retrieved20 November2014.
External links
[edit]- Sean Kerlyat theInternational Hockey Federation
- Sean KerlyatOlympics
- Sean KerlyatOlympedia
- Sean KerlyatTeam GB
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- English male field hockey players
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- British male field hockey players
- Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- People from Whitstable
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Southgate Hockey Club players
- 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players