Brian Glencross
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Brian Alan Glencross OAM[1] (1 May 1941 – 30 December 2022) was an Australian field hockey player and coach. 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 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.[2]
Glencross died after a long battle with neurological disease on 30 December 2022, at the age of 81.[3][4]
Coaching results at major tournaments:
- 1981: 4th – World Cup
- 1983: 3rd – World Cup
- 1984: 4th – Los Angeles 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
- 1992: 5th – Barcelona Olympic Games
Glencross 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[5]
- 1991 – Medal of the Order of Australia
- 1991 – inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame[1][2]
- 1996 – inducted into the WA Hall of Champions.[5]
- 2000 – Australian Sports Medal
- 2001 – Centenary Medal in 2001.[6][7]
- 2008 – Hockey Australia Hall of Fame[8]
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