Sean Rowlands
{{short description|British field hockey player}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Sean Rowlands
| birth_date = 12 September 1966
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 188 cm
| weight = 92 kg
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 1985–1986
| clubs1 = Lewes
| years2 = 1986–1988
| clubs2 = Leicester Westleigh
| years3 =1988–1995
| clubs3 = Havant
| nationalyears1=
| nationalteam1 = Great Britain
| nationalcaps(goals)1 =
| nationalyears2=
| nationalteam2 = England
| nationalcaps(goals)2 =
}}
Sean Anthony Rowlands (born 12 September 1966) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/sean-rowlands-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041826/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/sean-rowlands-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=26 May 2012}}
Biography
Rowlands studied at Durham University and represented England Under 21's at field hockey while still an undergraduate.{{cite web |title=Durham University Gazette, 1984/85 |url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette1984-5/DUGazette19845METS.xml#page/60/mode/2up |website=Durham University Archives |access-date=9 September 2019 |page=58}}
He played club hockey for Lewes and then Leicester Westleigh, with the latter making his Great Britain debut at the six nations tournament in Barcelona in January 1988.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001723/19810809/038/0038 |title=Martin calls for assistance |work=Belfast News-Letter |date=2 December 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}} Later that year, Rowlands joined Havant in the Men's England Hockey League for the 1988/89 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005474/19880906/030/0030 |title=Warrington in charge |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=6 September 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}}
While at Havant, he represented England at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003661/19891103/038/0038 |title=Hockey World Cup |work=Birmingham News |date=3 November 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}} and Great Britain at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18852 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 June 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19920506/232/0015 |title=Youth and experience in GB hockey squad |work=Dundee Courier |date=6 May 1992 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}}
Rowlands won three league titles with Havant in 1990/91, 1991/92 and 1993/94, before he retired after the 1995 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003620/19950405/008/0008 |title=Surn=bitonweakness tells |work=Esher News and Mail|date=5 April 1995 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}}
References
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External links
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{{England FH Squad 1990 World Cup}}
{{Great Britain FH Squad 1992 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:British male field hockey players
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
Category:Field hockey players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Loughborough Students field hockey players