Russell Ford
{{short description|Australian field hockey player}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}}
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{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Mönchengladbach|Team}}
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{{MedalGold|2013 Stratford|Team}}
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{{MedalGold|2012 Melbourne|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Kuala Lumpur|Team}}
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Russell David Ford (born 18 August 1983) is an Australian former field hockey player. His first national team appearance was in 2006. As of July 2011, he had 21 goals from 76 appearances with the national team.
Personal
Ford is from Victoria.{{cite web|publisher=Hockey Australia|location=Perth, Western Australia|url=http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d|title=Kookaburras begin their Olympic Games Campaign|date=7 February 2012|access-date=7 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321013204/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=90&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=906&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=18&cHash=25584a5e4d|archive-date=21 March 2012}} He was born in Eltham, Victoria and lived in the town while growing up.{{cite news|access-date=13 March 2012|title=Mission for 2012 - London Olympic quest drives Ford forward|newspaper=Leader - Diamond Valley News|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=6 July 2011|first=Conor|last=Ryan|page=44|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:VICB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1384FA4AA91EE2D0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} He attended Eltham High School and was in Year 11 in 2000.{{cite news|access-date=15 March 2012|title=Bright prospects for Vics - SCHOOL SPORT - HOCKEY|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne, Australia|date=5 July 2000|first=Olivia|last=Hill-Douglas|page=9|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ASAB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10546645AF29302F&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}
Field hockey
Ford started playing hockey when he was eight years old and is a striker. He plays his club hockey for the Doncaster Hockey Club (Australia). He played for the U18 Victorian team in the national championships in 2000, where he wore shirt number 6. He played in a June 2010 game for the Victorian against the Tassie Tigers in the Australian Hockey League that Victoria won 5–4. He scored a goal in the game.{{Cite news|access-date=15 March 2012|title=scoreboard|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=21 June 2010|page=49|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1307B03573AE7030&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}
Ford's first national team international cap came in 2006 in a game against India. He did not compete at the 2006 World Cup and 2007 Champions Trophy. In 2006, he represented Australia at the Azlan Shah tournament in Malaysia.{{Cite news|access-date=15 March 2012|title=Tassie teenager in Australian team|newspaper=Hobart Mercury|location=Hobart, Australia|date=22 May 2006|page=48|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AHMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=111C42B0389B68C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9|first=Paul|last=Malarski}} He competed in the 2007 Champions Trophy competition for Australia.{{cite news|access-date=15 March 2012|title=Ockenden to miss Trophy But Dancer recalls Wells|newspaper=Hobart Mercury|location=Hobart, Australia|date=5 October 2007|page=48|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AHMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11C16DFAD99F8260&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} In December 2007, he was a member of the Kookaburras squad that competed in the Dutch Series in Canberra.{{cite news|access-date=9 March 2012|title=Canberra Times: Lakers duo in Kookaburras side for series|newspaper=The Canberra Times|location=Canberra, Australia|date=14 November 2006|publisher=Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=115699E1F5230ED0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} In January 2008, he was a member of the senior national team that competed at the Five Nations men's hockey tournament in South Africa.{{cite news|access-date=15 March 2012|title=Bulletin Wire: Fresh faces for next Kookaburras tour|newspaper=Bulletin Wire|location=Australia|date=20 December 2007|publisher=Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ZFAD&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11DAD612B7C55FD0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} New national team coach Ric Charlesworth named him, a returning member, alongside fourteen new players who had few than 10 national team caps to the squad before in April 2009 in a bid to ready the team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.{{cite news|access-date=15 March 2012|title=Carroll, Abbott in new-look Kookaburras|newspaper=Northern Territory News|location=Darwin, Australia|date=15 April 2009|page=46|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:NTPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=127925F9F61398F0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} As of July 2011, he had 21 goals from 76 appearances with the national team. In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad. This squad will be narrowed in June 2012. He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite news|access-date=7 March 2012|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/kookaburras-name-training-squad-for-2012-olympic-games/story-e6frexni-1226222155261|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=14 December 2011|title=Kookaburras name training squad for 2012 Olympic Games|agency=Australian Associated Press}}{{cite news|access-date=9 March 2012|title=FOR THE RECORD|newspaper=The Australian|location=Sydney, Australia|date=15 December 2011|page=35|id=AUS_T-20111215-1-035-447690|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:AUSB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D291920D0C8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}}{{cite news|access-date=9 March 2012|title=SCOREBOARD|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney, Australia|date=15 December 2011|page=116|id=DTM_T-20111215-1-116-447684|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AUNB:ATLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=13BA2D2E271CEC98&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1053B823C33F21F9}} In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina. He played for the Kookaburras in their 3–1 victory over the Australian A team in the first round of the competition. He scored the team's second goal of the game in the seventh minute.{{cite news|access-date=6 March 2012|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/othersports/kookaburras-secure-first-up-win-against-australia-a/story-fn4pw13c-1226266978154|newspaper=Sunday Times|location=Perth, Western Australia|title=Kookaburras secure first-up win against Australia A|first=Damien|last=Todorovic|date=9 February 2012}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was part of the team that won the bronze medal.{{Cite web|title = Russell Ford Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/russell-ford-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080159/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/russell-ford-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2015-06-22}} He has played club hockey in the Netherlands for HC Bloemendaal and HC Tilburg.
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External links
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- {{Hockey Australia|827}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215013250/https://hockey.org.au/High-Performance/Kookaburras-mens-team/Kookaburras-Squad-Profiles/ContentId/50 |title=Russell Ford at Hockey.org.au |date=dmy}}
{{Australia FH Squad 2006 World Cup}}
{{Australia FH Squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Australia FH Squad 2012 Champions Trophy}}
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Category:Australian male field hockey players
Category:Male field hockey forwards
Category:2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Category:Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Australia
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:HC Bloemendaal players
Category:Australian expatriate field hockey players
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Category:People from Eltham, Victoria