Dennis Hay
- June 15, 2025
- 75 years
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Dennis Hay, 75, Scottish Olympic field hockey player (1972).
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|Dennis Hay (5 October 1940 – 15 June 2025) was a Scottish field hockey player, who competed for Great Britain at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Hay played club hockey for Inverleith and made his Great Britain debut on 29 April 1966, going on to earn 15 GB caps. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament.
His brother Ken also played hockey.
Later he became a coach, taking Scotland to the 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup, leading the GB Women's Team to the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, after having finished in fourth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is widely regarded as the father of hockey at Edinburgh University Men's Hockey Club, at the University of Edinburgh.[citation needed]
In collaboration with sprints coach Stuart Dempster, Dennis assisted writing "101 Youth Hockey Drills" (A+C Black, London) in 2008 with a revised version in 2010. The book provides hockey drills based on movement patterns relating to hockey.[citation needed]
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Trivia & Knowledge· 6 questions
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1.In which year did Dennis Hay die?
- A.2012
- B.2016
- C.2025correct
- D.2018
Dennis Hay died in 2025.
Source: Profile: year of death: "025. Archive record: age at death 75. Archive record: occupation field hockey player. Archive record: nationality Scottish. Archive record: date of death 15 June 202
2.How old was Dennis Hay when they died?
- A.70
- B.64
- C.75correct
- D.67
Dennis Hay was 75 years old at the time of death.
Source: Profile: age at death: "ennis Hay at the British Olympic Committee Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Archive record: year of death 2025. Archive record: age at death 75. Archive
3.In which month did Dennis Hay die?
- A.July
- B.September
- C.August
- D.Junecorrect
Dennis Hay died in June.
Source: Archive record: date of death: "ath 2025. Archive record: age at death 75. Archive record: occupation field hockey player. Archive record: nationality Scottish. Archive record: date of death
4.On which day of the month did Dennis Hay die?
- A.17
- B.15correct
- C.14
- D.16
Dennis Hay died on day 15 of the month.
Source: Archive record: date of death: "death 2025. Archive record: age at death 75. Archive record: occupation field hockey player. Archive record: nationality Scottish. Archive record: date of dea
5.In which field was Dennis Hay known?
- A.field hockey playercorrect
- B.chemist
- C.novelist
- D.architect
The biography describes Dennis Hay as a field hockey player.
Source: Profile: occupation: "pic Committee Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Archive record: year of death 2025. Archive record: age at death 75. Archive record: occupation field hocke
6.What nationality was Dennis Hay?
- A.American
- B.Australian
- C.Scottishcorrect
- D.Argentine
Dennis Hay is recorded as Scottish.
Source: Profile: nationality: "yback Machine Archive record: year of death 2025. Archive record: age at death 75. Archive record: occupation field hockey player. Archive record: nationality Scottish
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