Craig Strachan (born 10 February 1971), represented Scotland in both ice hockey and field hockey in the 1980s. At club level, he played for
Dundee Rockets
The Dundee Rockets were an ice hockey club based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 1963, the club were founder members of the Northern League in 1967 and the British Hockey League in 1982. The club won eight titles before closing in 1987.
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and
Fife Flyers
Fife Flyers is the oldest professional ice hockey club in the UK, established in 1938. The Flyers play their home games at Fife Ice Arena in Kirkcaldy which has a capacity of just over 3000 (seated and standing).
They joined the EIHL in 2011. ...
at ice hockey.
Born in
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
, Strachan represented Scotland at indoor hockey in both the U-18s, U-21s and senior levels. An article in the Evening Telegraph of 19 December 1989 cites that Strachan netted 10 of the goals scored at the U-21 Midshires Tournament in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
.
Strachan played with
Menzieshill
Menzieshill is a suburb and community council area in the city of Dundee, Scotland. It is located in the west of the city, and is immediately north west of Blackness and the West End, west of Lochee, east of Gowrie Park and south of Charle ...
,
Dundee Wanderers and Plexus Mercian at club level. While playing at NMP Menzieshill, they won the Scottish Indoor Hockey Club Championships at Kelvinhall, Glasgow (18 February 1990) beating Western Indespension 10-5. While playing with Plexus Mercian they won the national league, which earned them a place in the European Cup, in Cologne, Germany. Strachan is currently playing for Falkirk GHG Hockey Club.
His cousins
Niall Stott
Niall Craig Stott (born 6 February 1981) is a Scottish field hockey player who was a member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He was born in Dundee.
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, Ross Stott and Jenny Gerrard have followed in his footsteps, currently representing Scotland in field hockey.
References
External links
Falkirk GHG Hockey Club
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Dundee Rockets players
Plexus Mercian
Sportspeople from Dundee
Scottish ice hockey defencemen
1971 births
Living people