Graham Reid (field hockey)

Graham Reid
Personal information
Full name Graham John Reid
Born (1964-04-09) 9 April 1964 (age 60)
Redcliffe City, Queensland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current club India (coach)
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Australia 130 (36)
Coaching career
Years Team
2009–2014 Australia (assistant)
2014–2016 Australia
2017–2019 Netherlands (assistant)
2017–2019 Amsterdam
2019–2023 India
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Lahore
Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 1984 Karachi
Gold medal – first place 1985 Perth
Gold medal – first place 1989 Berlin
Gold medal – first place 1990 Melbourne
Silver medal – second place 1986 Karachi
Silver medal – second place 1992 Lahore
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Amstelveen
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Lahore

Graham John Reid (born 9 April 1964)[1] is a former Australian field hockey player who played as a defender and midfielder for the Australian national team. He managed the Indian men's national team that won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] Afterwards he played club hockey for the Dutch top team Amsterdam for two seasons (1993, 1994)[4] returning in 1995 to play the Europa cup.

Reid played 130 internationals for Australia scoring 36 goals including two Olympic Games (1988, 1992),[1] one World Cup (1990) and nine Champions Trophies (1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92). He has also won the Olympians medal (WA Best and Fairest medal) 3 times (1995, 96, and 98) whilst playing for Victoria Park Panthers.[5]

He wasan inaugural member of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) hockey unit in Perth, Western Australia in 1984[6] and despite stints back in Queensland, Amsterdam and Bangalore, Reid has his home in Perth. He and his wife Julia have two children, Scott (1998) and Emma (1997).

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Graham Reid". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Full name: Graham Leslie Reid
  2. ^ Olympics 2021 | India vs Japan is like a quarter-final: Indian men's hockey coach Graham Reid Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 30 July 2021
  3. ^ Olympics: India win bronze medal in Tokyo, first Olympic medal in hockey since 1980 Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 August 2021
  4. ^ Amsterdam tegen wil en dank titelkandidaat (translation)
  5. ^ http://www.hockeywa.org.au/2006_lifemembers.cfm?awardType=Olympians'%20Medal Olympians Medal Winners
  6. ^ AIS Annual Report 1984-85, p40