Michael Ross "Roscoe" Rutledge (July 7, 1962 in Vancouver, British Columbia – April 23, 2004 in Langley, British Columbia) was a Canadian field hockey player. Rutledge participated in two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

for Canada, starting in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

. After having finished in tenth position in Los Angeles, the longtime resident of Langley, British Columbia ended up in eleventh place with the Men's National Team in the Seoul Games. He died from cancer. In

Ambleside, West Vancouver Ambleside, West Vancouver, (in British Columbia, Canada) is a neighbourhood that occupies the southeastern corner of the community, with only Park Royal being farther east. The neighborhood is bordered by the neighbourhoods of Dundarave, Park Roy ...

, there is a field hockey turf called Rutledge Field, the home ground of the

West Vancouver Field Hockey Club West Vancouver Field Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, it was established in 1972. With over 2500 members from both North Vancouver (city and district municipality) and West Vancouver, it is ...

. The field was dedicated in memorial of Ross Rutledge in 2011 who was a local advocate for field hockey, having started the

Adanacs player development program.

International senior competitions

* 1984 – Olympic Games, Los Angeles (10th) * 1988 – Olympic Games, Seoul (11th) * 1990 – World Cup, Lahore (11th)

References

Canadian Olympic Committee
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Ambleside “A” Artificial Turf Sport Field Officially Named “Rutledge Field”

"Hockey's home at last", North Shore News, 4 Sept 2011

External links

* 1962 births 2004 deaths Canadian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Canada Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Field hockey players at the 1983 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1987 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 1991 Pan American Games Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Canadian people of British descent Deaths from cancer in British Columbia Field hockey players from Vancouver Pan American Games medalists in field hockey 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games {{Canada-fieldhockey-bio-stub