James Richard Gall (born 20 May 1995) is an English

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player who plays as a midfielder for

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and the

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and

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national teams. He was educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey.

Club career

Gall plays club hockey in the

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Premier Division for

. He re-joined

for the 2017-18 season, from

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. He also played for Beeston.

International career

Gall made his senior debut for

versus

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in March 2017, having represented his country at under-16, under-18, and under-21 levels. He played for England under-21 in the

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and 2016 Junior World Cups and won a bronze medal at the 2014 European under-21 championships. He joined the Great Britain Centralised Programme in 2017 and was a member of the

squad which won the

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Final in

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on 6 May 2017 – the first time either Great Britain or England had won this title since

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* 1995 births Living people English male field hockey players Male field hockey midfielders Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Beeston Hockey Club players Surbiton Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Sportspeople from Frimley Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub