Colin James Campbell Whalley (born 8 March 1941) is a former English field hockey player who represented the

Great Britain men's national field hockey team The Great Britain men's national field hockey team represents the United Kingdom in Olympic field hockey tournaments. The team won gold at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The team won the 2017 Sultan A ...

at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. He played hockey for Lancashire 153 times, and appeared for England 49 times. He later became the manager of the England team during the

1986 Men's Hockey World Cup The 1986 Hockey World Cup was the sixth Hockey World Cup men's field hockey tournament. It was held in London, England. The competition was won by Australia, who defeated host nation England 2–1 in the final. West Germany finished third after d ...

, with England finishing as runners-up. Whalley also played

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

at minor counties level for

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from 1962–1965, making three appearances in the

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

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* 1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Wirral English cricketers Cheshire cricketers English male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{England-cricket-bio-1940s-stub