by The Hockey Museum | Jul 21, 2022 | From the Collection, Kit, Clothing and Equipment, Officiating and Rules
Mike Smith, Hon. Curator and President of The Hockey Museum (THM), describes the process of uncovering hockey’s history as being like a jigsaw puzzle: “Putting together the history of hockey is like doing a jigsaw puzzle where many pieces are missing....
by The Hockey Museum | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022 News Items
Jim Shepherd (pictured) has collected a lifetime of Scottish heritage material. Jim Shepherd, Mr Hockey from Broughty Ferry, Dundee: player, umpire, administrator, journalist, broadcaster and hockey collector. These are just a few of the titles which describe a...
by The Hockey Museum | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022 News Items
“Honour our past. Grateful for the present. Excited for the future.” On Saturday 18 June 2022, USA Field Hockey (USAFH) celebrated its centennial with a dinner at The Union League of Philadelphia. The event, postponed from earlier in the year due to...
by The Hockey Museum | Jun 22, 2022 | Obituaries
26.08.1924 – 30.03.2022 “A Legend has left us” is certainly true of John Peake who died in March at the age of 97. He was the oldest living British Olympic medallist, having won a hockey silver medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games. In 2012,...
by The Hockey Museum | Jun 22, 2022 | 2022 News Items
Last weekend, on Saturday 18 June 2022, Teddington Hockey Club (THC) celebrated its 150th anniversary (sesquicentenary) with a Gala Dinner and by re-creating a hockey match from the period of their founding in 1871. These events were followed by intra-club junior and...
