Larry Amar
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Lawrence Amar (February 24, 1972 – January 21, 2020) was a field hockey midfielder from the United States, who was the captain of the national team that finished twelfth at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Amar also earned two consecutive USA Field Hockey Athlete of the Year awards in 1994 and 1995.[1]
Following his playing career, Amar served for six years in the United States Army, earning the rank of Staff Sergeant in the Infantry. He earned two Army Commendation and Army Achievement Medals. He returned home to be the assistant field hockey coach for the Kent State University team from 2009 to 2018. He then went on to assist with U.S. national team.[2]
Born in Camarillo, California, he died at the age of 47 in 2020.[2]
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- USA Field Hockey Athletes of the Year
- Kent State Mourns the Passing of Larry Amar
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- 1972 births
- 2020 deaths
- Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Camarillo, California
- American male field hockey players
- Male field hockey midfielders
- Olympic field hockey players for the United States
- Field hockey players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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