Samuel Ward (field hockey)

Sam Ward
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Ian Ward
Born	24 December 1990 (age 34); Leicester, England
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Old Georgians
Senior career
Years	Team
0000–2009	Leicester
2009–2011	Beeston
2011–2013	Loughborough Students
2013–2015	Beeston
2015–2017	Holcombe
2017–2018	Beeston
2018–present	Old Georgians
National team
Years	Team
2014–	England & GB
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing England
EuroHockey Championship
Commonwealth Games

Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams.

Club career

Ward plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians.^[1]

He has also played club hockey for Beeston (3 spells), Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Leicester.^[2]

International career

He competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics, and for England in the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy.^[3]^[4]^[5] During the Olympic Qualifier against Malaysia, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye.^[6] On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.^[7] He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[8] The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.^[9]