Mervyn Richard Crossman (7 April 1935 – 20 June 2017)[1] was an Australian field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Four years earlier, when Rome, Italy hosted the Games, he made his Olympic debut.[2][3]
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| Full name | Mervyn Richard Crossman | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 April 1935 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 June 2017 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Crossman played 32 times for Australia at the senior level, scoring 8 goals and was a renowned penalty corner hitter.[1] He died in Townsville, Queensland on 20 June 2017.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Vale Merv Crossman". Hockey Australia website. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mervyn Crossman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ Olympic results
External links edit
- Mervyn Crossman at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Mervyn Crossman at the Australian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 October 2015)
- Mervyn Crossman at Olympics.com
- Mervyn Crossman at Olympic.org (archived)
- Mervyn Crossman at Olympedia
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