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Name
  
Brian Glencross


Role
  
Olympic athlete

Born
  
1 May 1941 (age 82) (
1941-05-01
)

Brian Alan Glencross, OAM (born 1 May 1941 in Narrogin, Western Australia) is a retired field hockey player and coach from Australia. As a member of the Australian National Men's Hockey Team, he won a bronze medal and a silver medal at consecutive Olympic Games - the bronze at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the silver four years later, when Mexico City hosted the Games. As a player, he represented Australia from 1964 to 1974, playing in 93 games. He coached the Australian women's hockey team from 1980 to 1992.

Coaching results at major tournmaments:

  • 1981: 4th - World Cup
  • 1983: 3rd - World Cup
  • 1984: 4th - Los Angles Olympic Games
  • 1986: 6th - World Cup
  • 1987: 2nd - Champions Trophy
  • 1988: 1st - Seoul Olympic Games
  • 1989: 1st - Champions Trophy
  • 1990: 2nd - World Cup
  • 1991: 1st - Champions Trophy
  • 1991: 5th - Barcelona Olympic Games
  • He was appointed the inaugural Australian Institute of Sport women's coach in 1984 and held the position to 1995.

    Recognition

  • 1968 - WA Sports Federation's Sportsman of the Year
  • 1991 - Medal of the Order of Australia
  • 1991 - inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
  • 1996 - inducted into the WA Hall of Champions.
  • 2000 - Australian Sports Medal
  • 2001 - Centenary Medal in 2001.
  • 2008 - Hockey Australia Hall of Fame
  • References

    Brian Glencross Wikipedia