Colin Whalley

{{short description|English sportsman}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Colin James Campbell Whalley

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| nationality = English

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|3|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Irby, Cheshire, England

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| position = Center forward

| country = {{GBR2}}
{{ENG}}

| sport = Field hockey

| club = Fromby
Hightown

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Colin James Campbell Whalley (born 8 March 1941) is a former English field hockey player who represented the Great Britain men's national field hockey team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/colin-james-campbell-whalley |title=Colin James Campbell Whalley |publisher=www.olympic.org |accessdate=28 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=http://www.formbyhockeyclub.co.uk/a/history-20498.html |title=Fairbairn, Sir Robert Duncan |publisher=Fromby Hockey Club - History |accessdate=28 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}} He played hockey for Lancashire 153 times, and appeared for England 49 times. He later became the manager of the England team during the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup, with England finishing as runners-up.

Whalley also played cricket at minor counties level for Cheshire from 1962–1965, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/106/106411/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Colin Whalley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=28 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}