Jack Waller (field hockey)
{{short description|English field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Jack Waller
| image =
| full_name = Jack Laurence Waller
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kingston upon Thames, England
| height = 1.76 m{{cite web |title=WALLER Jack |url=https://www.worldcup2018.hockey/men/players/waller-jack__70347__4218 |website=www.worldcup2018.hockey |publisher=International Hockey Federation |accessdate=13 March 2019}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Pinoké
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = Wimbledon
| years2 = 2015–2018
| clubs2 = Durham University
| years3 = 2018–2021
| clubs3 = Wimbledon
| years4 = 2021–2022
| clubs4 = Gantoise
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = Wimbledon
| years6 = 2024–present
| clubs6 = Pinoké
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2017
| nationalteam1 = England & GB U21
| nationalcaps1 = 32
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2018–present
| nationalteam2 = England & GB
| nationalcaps2 = 126
| nationalgoals2 = 8
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|EuroHockey Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Mönchengladbach|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|Team}}
}}
Jack Laurence Waller (born 28 January 1997) is an English field hockey player, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Dutch Hoofdklasse Club Pinoké and the England and Great Britain national teams.{{cite web |url=http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=12866&itemTitle=Jack+Waller§ion=1091 |title=Jack Waller - GB Hockey |website=www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031194034/http://www.greatbritainhockey.co.uk/player.asp?itemid=12866&itemTitle=Jack+Waller§ion=1091 |archive-date=2020-10-31}}
He was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, London.{{cite web |url=https://www.whitgift.co.uk/NewsArticle.aspx?NewsID=292 |title=Whitgift School News: Four OWs selected for U21 international hockey tournament |website=Whitgift.co.uk |accessdate=19 October 2018}} He completed his higher education at Durham University.{{cite web |title=Durham University students play hockey on the highest stage |url=https://www.palatinate.org.uk/durham-university-students-play-hockey-on-the-highest-stage/ |website=Palatinate |accessdate=26 February 2019 |date=21 February 2019}}
Club career
On 27 April 2021 it was announced that Waller had signed for Belgian club Gantoise for the 2021–22 season.{{Cite web |url=https://hockeybelgium.lesoir.be/le-fil-info/transfert-jack-waller-arrive-a-gand/ |title=Transfert : Jack Waller arrive à Gand |date=27 April 2021}} He had previously played club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Wimbledon. He had also played for Durham University.{{cite web |url=http://ehlhockey.tv/news/english-junior-star-jack-waller-back-at-wimbledon/ |title=English junior star Jack Waller back at Wimbledon |website=Ehlhockery.tv |accessdate=2018-09-27}} After one season in Belgium he returned to Wimbledon. In 2024 he moved to the Netherlands to play for Pinoké.{{cite web |last1=Klanke |first1=Peter |title=Pinoké trekt Engels international Jack Waller aan |url=https://tulphoofdklasse.com/nieuws/pinok%C3%A9-trekt-engels-international-jack-waller-aan |website=tulphoofdklasse.com |publisher=Tulp Hoofdklasse |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=nl |date=9 September 2024}}
International career
He made his senior international debuts in October 2018, for Great Britain v Belgium on 2 October 2018 and for England v France on 16 October 2018.
He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=GB hockey select Roper for fourth Olympic Games |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/hockey/articles/ce99edrn13wo |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 August 2024 |date=18 June 2024}} The team went out in the quarter-finals after losing a penalty shootout to India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cy799nlnp8lo|title=GB wait for men's hockey medal goes on after shootout heartbreak|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 August 2024}}
References
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External links
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