William Graham (field hockey)
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Full name | William Evans Graham [Note 1] | |||||||||||||
Born |
County Dublin | January 29, 1886|||||||||||||
Died | 5 September 1947 | (aged 61)|||||||||||||
Playing position | Left half back/Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Kingstown Grammar School | ||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||
18xx–1907 | Palmerstown | |||||||||||||
1907–19xx | Monkstown | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1907–1909 | Ireland | 10 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Evans Graham [Note 1] was an Ireland men's field hockey international.[1] He was a member of the Ireland team that played at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.[2] Graham also won Irish Senior Cup titles with both Palmerstown and Monkstown. He later served as an Ireland selector before becoming president of the Irish Hockey Union during the 1933–34 season. He was club president at Monkstown from 1927 until 1936. Graham was also a medical doctor.[3]
Domestic teams
[edit]Graham first played field hockey at Kingstown Grammar School before joining Palmerstown. He subsequently helped Palmerstown win the Irish Senior Cup. After the club disbanded in 1907, Graham and most of the Palmerstown squad moved to Monkstown where he won two more Irish Senior Cup titles in 1911 and 1914. His team mates at Palmerstown and Monkstown included J.E. Mills and the Peterson brothers, most notably Jack and Walter.[2][3][4][5]
Ireland international
[edit]From 1907 to 1909 Graham made 10 senior appearances for Ireland. Graham was a member of the Ireland team that played at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal. Ireland defeated Wales 3–1 in a semi-final before losing 8–1 to England in the final.[2][3][6][7][8][9]
Honours
[edit]- Summer Olympics
- Runners Up: 1908: 1
- Irish Senior Cup
- Winners: 1910, 1914: 2
- Palmerstown
- Irish Senior Cup
- Winners: 1904–05: 1 ?
Notes
[edit]- ^1 Some sources give his middle name as Ernest.
References
[edit]- ^ "William Graham". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "William Graham". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Monkstown Hockey Club archives
- ^ "Jack Peterson". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Walter Peterson". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Ireland Field Hockey Team Men Olympic Games 1908 London". hockeygods.com. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "The last "Irish" hockey team in the Olympics". stephenssportingalmanac.blogspot.com. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Irish Silver Medal Discovered". hockeymuseum.net. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "Objections, disqualifications, amazing finishes and no fewer than 23 medals for Irish competitors". www.irishtimes.com. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1886 births
- 1947 deaths
- Ireland international men's field hockey players
- Irish male field hockey players
- Members of the Ireland field hockey team at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Monkstown Hockey Club players
- Field hockey players from County Dublin
- Male field hockey midfielders
- 20th-century Irish medical doctors
- Irish field hockey administrators
- Medical doctors from County Dublin