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
Colin Greenhalgh. 1931-2022
Colin Greenhalgh, Boxing Day...
Bill Felton, 1940-2023
08.02.1940 – 13.02.2023 The Hockey...
Joan Wall, 1933-2023
Joan Wall (née Barnett),...
Peter Thompson, 1945-2021
15.10.1945-26.5.2021 It was with great...
Robert Cornelius Schad, 1926-2022
The England men's hockey team, 1952. Bob...
Allan Mayo, 1949-2022
Allan Mayo celebrates with the Over 65s...
Ian Leighton Mitchell, 1931-2022
Left:...
Varinder Singh, 1947-2022
A Career Forged in an Era of Flux ...
John Peake CBE, 1924-2022
26.08.1924 – 30.03.2022 “A...
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