field hockey

     

Fiel hockey is a popular sport for men, women and children in many countries. Its official name by which it is usually known is hockey. However, some countries, and some encyclopedic references, distinguish it from other sports with the same name as field hockey.

Trivia about field hockey

  • Seen with a piece of equipment, Bryn Mawr's 1st physical education director brought this sport to the U.S.; it shares part of its name with another sport
  • In 1995 George Zameska donned a skirt to join a women's varsity team in Philadelphia in this sport
  • Sport in which 2 teams use curved sticks to hit a ball into their opponents' goal
  • The association for this sport played by women in schools & colleges was founded in 1922
  • Goalkeeper Gwen Cheeseman was part of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in this sport at the 1984 Olympics

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