Oliver Wilton Willars (born 25 June 1990) known as Ollie Willars is an English

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 ...

player who plays as a defender for Dutch club HGC. He played a total of 138 matches for the

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and Great Britain national teams, from 2012 until 2019.

Club career

In March 2021 it was announced that he will join Dutch Hoofdklasse club HGC for the 2021–22 season. Willars has been playing club hockey in the

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Premier Division for Beeston. He joined the club when he was 12 years old.

International career

He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the

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where he won a bronze medal. In April 2021 he announced his retirement from international hockey.

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* 1990 births Living people Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England English male field hockey players Male field hockey defenders Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Beeston Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players HGC (field hockey) players English expatriate field hockey players Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub