Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, 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 forward for Old Georgians and the

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and

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national teams.

Club career

Ward plays club hockey in the

Men's England Hockey League The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organized by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve t ...

Premier Division for Old Georgians. He has also played club hockey for Beeston (3 spells), Holcombe, Loughborough Students and

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International career

He competed for

at the

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Olympics, and for

in the

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Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. During the Olympic Qualifier against

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, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye. On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.

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Great Britain Hockey Field hockey in Great Britain is governed by Great Britain Hockey. The organisation focuses on international competition only. Governance GB Hockey administers the National Men's and Women's hockey teams for both Great Britain and the home nati ...

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England Hockey England Hockey is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom. History and organisation England Hockey was formed on 1 January 2 ...

* * 1990 births Living people English male field hockey players Sportspeople from Leicester Alumni of Loughborough University Male field hockey forwards Loughborough Students field hockey players Holcombe Hockey Club players Beeston Hockey Club players Men's England Hockey League players 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{England-fieldhockey-bio-stub