Alastair Brogdon
{{short description|British and English field hockey player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Alastair Brogdon
| image =
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| full_name = Alastair Richard Brogdon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hale, Greater Manchester, England
| height = 1.82 m
| weight = 76 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalComp | Champions Trophy }}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Mönchengladbach | Team }}
{{MedalComp | European Championship }}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Amsterdam | Team }}
{{MedalComp | Commonwealth Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Glasgow | Team }}
}}
Alastair Richard "Ali" Brogdon (born 10 November 1987) is a British and English field hockey player who competed at 2016 Rio Olympics for Team GB.
Brogdon made his international debut in 2009 and received his 100th England cap against Argentina at the 2014 Champions Trophy.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=446&itemTitle=Alastair+Brogdon§ion=1091 |title=Alastair Brogdon - GB Hockey |work=greatbritainhockey.co.uk |accessdate=2015-01-24}} He was part of the 2009 gold medal winning England side at the EuroHockey Championships. He competed for England in the men's hockey tournament at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal.{{cite web |title=Alastair Brogdon biography |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1023940/alastair_brogdon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006154819/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1023940/alastair_brogdon.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 October 2014 |work=glasgow2014.com |accessdate=2014-10-20}}
Brogdon was born in the winter of 1987, in Hale, Manchester growing in Bowdon, the youngest of three boys, both his older brothers, as well as his father and grandfather were hockey players. Bowdon is also where he played his club hockey until 2012. During his career he played club hockey for Wimbledon Hockey Club, Waterloo Ducks, HC Rotterdam and Bowdon Hockey Club winning premier league titles with Wimbledon and Waterloo Ducks.{{cite web |url=http://w.fixtureslive.com/player/20560/overview/Ali-Brogdon |title=EHL Statistics |work=Fixtureslive.com |accessdate=2015-01-24}}
In July 2023, Brogdon alongside 4 team mates swam the English Channel as a relay in a time of 15hours 5minutes.
Outside of hockey Alastair likes to cycle, sea swim and play golf.
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External links
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Team GB|2gDqteR00OZzs5zyDLCwvx}}
- {{CGF profile|57737}}
- {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|hockey/1023940/a_brogdon}}
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Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:English male field hockey players
Category:Field hockey players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
Category:British male field hockey players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Category:Wimbledon Hockey Club players
Category:English expatriate field hockey players
Category:Waterloo Ducks H.C. players
Category:Men's Belgian Hockey League players
Category:Men's England Hockey League players
Category:2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Category:2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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