Biographies
Celebrating the lives of the great and the good of the hockey family.
Biographies
The Hockey Museum’s magazines and archives contains a wealth of information on notable people from hockey’s past: the movers, shakers and innovators of our game since the mid-1800s. Through our research, we are shining a light on these remarkable individuals’ lives, drawing together the various strands of their hockey involvement and documenting their achievements.
Discover biographies of the great and the good in hockey in the pages below.
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The memorial window dedicated to hockey pioneer Constance Applebee in the St John the Baptist Church in Burley, England.
Latest Biographies
Antony Nunn OBE, 1927-2025
24.05.1927 – 07.05.2025 Antony ‘Tony’...
Thelma Elizabeth Hopkins, 1936-2025
16.03.1936 – 10.01.2025 Few sportsmen and...
Frances Mary Sansom (Taft) née Davies, 1945 – 2025
06.07.1945 – 07.01.2025 The Hockey Museum...
Avtar Singh Bhurji, 1944-2025
15.12.1944 – 26.01.2025 Few hockey...
Graham Evans, 1945-2024
03.05.1945 – 20.05.2024 It is with much sadness...
David F C Thomas, 1927-2024
27.06.1927 – 24.06.2024 On Monday 24 June 2024,...
Tony Henman, 1940-2024
Travellers Hockey Club during their 50th...
David Austin Savage, 1940-2024
15.12.1940 – 01.05.2024 Austin was a true legend...
Peter James Wilson, 1942-2024
The Folkestone Festival XI, 1973. PJ Wilson is...
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