Michael McCann OAM (born 26 September 1977) is a

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

striker from

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, Australia, who won the gold medal with the Australia national field hockey team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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. He was included in the national squad for the

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual invitational international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity. The ...

in 2001 after an impressive national league season netted him the top goal scorer's award. He retired from international hockey in 2007 after playing 165 games and scoring 72 goals.New squad named but Kookaburras will struggle to fill hole left by McCann
/ref> His nickname in the younger days was "10 cents". This came about because every time he scored a goal his aunty would give him 10 cents as a reward. After at least 3 games of hockey on a weekend, the rewards were massive.

International senior tournaments

* 2002 –

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, Kuala Lumpur (2nd place) * 2002 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Manchester (1st place) * 2002 – Champions Trophy, Cologne (5th place) * 2003 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen (2nd place) * 2004 –

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, Athens (1st place) * 2005 – Champions Trophy, Chennai (1st place) * 2006 –

, Melbourne (1st place) * 2006 – Champions Trophy, Terrassa (4th place) * 2006 –

, Mönchengladbach (2nd place)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCann, Michael 1977 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players of Australia Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Olympic gold medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games