Hayden Shaw

{{short description|New Zealand field hockey player}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| fullname = Hayden Jonathan Shaw

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|8|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date =

| death_place =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalSilver | 2002 Manchester | Team }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Delhi | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Champions Challenge }}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Boom | Team}}

}}

Hayden Jonathan Shaw (born 31 August 1980) is a field hockey player from New Zealand.

Shaw was born in Christchurch. He earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002 against Australia. Shaw was often involved in penalty corner routines performing drag flicks. As a result, he was top scorer with 13 goals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games whilst winning a silver medal with the national team. After the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup, Shaw was selected for the World Cup All Star team.

He has played club hockey for HC 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands. Shaw also played first-class cricket for Canterbury.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38419.html|title=Hayden Shaw|website=Cricinfo}} He now works as a teacher at Pleasant Point Primary School in South Canterbury, having started in January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://nz.linkedin.com/in/hayden-shaw-3b9ab09b|title=Hayden Shaw – Deputy Principal – Pleasant Point Primary School|publisher=LinkedIn|access-date=17 January 2020}}