Harry Preston (July 25, 1931 – May 23, 2004) was a Canadian field hockey and lacrosse player who competed in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. He grew up in Surrey and attended Queen Elizabeth High School before studying at the University of British Columbia. Harry Preston played Senior 'A' lacrosse in the Inter-City Lacrosse league for the New Westminster Salmonbellies from 1947 through until 1958. In 1959, he suited up for the

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. He made a comeback in 1968 with Coquitlam, then played with New Westminster the following year before closing out his career in 1970 back with Coquitlam Adanacs. He appeared in a total of 220 regular season games for a save average of 70.0%. He also played in 17 playoffs games and had a 71.7% save average for the post-season. He continued to play and coach lacrosse until fall of 2003, playing for the Port Coquitlam Masters Box and Field Lacrosse Teams. Harry also played goal in field hockey for Canada at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 1967 and 1971 Pan-American Games. Preston was inducted into the

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in 1993 as a builder.

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* 1931 births 2004 deaths Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia Canadian lacrosse players Canadian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Canada Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in field hockey Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Field hockey players at the 1967 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub