Mervyn Crossman

{{short description|Australian field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2011}}

{{Infobox field hockey player

| name = Mervyn Crossman

| full_name = Mervyn Richard Crossman

| birth_date = {{Birth date text|7 April 1935}}

| birth_place = Home Hill, Queensland, Australia

| death_date = {{Death-date and age|20 June 2017|7 April 1935}}

| death_place =

| height = 175 cm

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }}

{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1964 Tokyo | Team competition}}

}}

Mervyn Richard Crossman (7 April 1935 – 20 June 2017){{cite web |title=Vale Merv Crossman |url=http://www.hockey.org.au/News/vale-merv-crossman |website=Hockey Australia website |accessdate=28 June 2017}} was an Australian field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Four years earlier, when Rome, Italy hosted the Games, he made his Olympic debut.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Mervyn Crossman |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/mervyn-crossman-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203015242/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/mervyn-crossman-1.html |archive-date=2016-12-03}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/mervyn-crossman-1.html Olympic results]

Crossman played 32 times for Australia at the senior level, scoring 8 goals and was a renowned penalty corner hitter. He died in Townsville, Queensland on 20 June 2017.