Allan Schofield
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| Born | 26 January 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Allan Schofield (born 26 January 1957) is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow.[3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]Schofield was born on 26 January 1957 in Munnar, Kerala, India, to George Schofield, an Irish tea planter and Grace Thomas, a Malayali from Kanjikkuzhi, Kottayam, as the fourth of their seven children.[1] His Family left the tea estate and moved to Bangalore where he completed his schooling from Cathedral High School in 1974. He then joined the Indian Navy in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1975.[2] He is also an MBA graduate and lives in Canada.[5]
Career
[edit]Schofield was invited to join the Services football team after he volunteered to stand in as the goalkeeper in an inter-club match and excelled at it. A few months later, he was again called to volunteer as a goalkeeper for a hockey match where his performance earned him a spot in the Navy Junior team and within a year, he was called up to the Indian National Hockey team in 1976.[2][5]
He was part of the squad that lost the 1978 Asian Games final to rivals Pakistan. Two years later, he was part of the 1980 Summer Olympics squad where the Indian national team captured their eighth Olympic gold medal. He was the second goalkeeper in the squad, with Bir Bahadur Chettri being the main goalkeeper and was fielded in one match.[5][6] In January 1980, he played five out of six matches for the Indian senior team in the men's Champions Trophy at Karachi, Pakistan.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 സനില് പി. തോമസ് (2 August 2021). "ഹോക്കിയില് ഇന്ത്യ കുതിക്കുമ്പോള് മറക്കരുത് അലനെ". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Suddenly, Allan". Bangalore Mirror. Times Group. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024.
- 1 2 "'1980 Moscow Olympics'". www.bharatiyahockey.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2001.
- ↑
Wadhwa, Arjun (1 July 2008). "India's Olympics History, Beijing 2008". TheSportsCampus.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 3 Kiran, Sidney (21 January 2012). "'It won't be a cakewalk'". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- 1 2 "International Hockey Federation". tms.fih.ch. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Allan Schofield at Olympedia
- Allan Schofield at InterSportStats
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Anglo-Indian people
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Indian men's field hockey players
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1978 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games field hockey players for India
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey