Ian Johnston (field hockey)
Reginald "Ian" Hallam Johnston (4 March 1929 – 11 December 2020)[1] was a Canadian field hockey player.[2]
Originally from Dublin in Ireland,[3] Johnston moved to British Columbia in Canada after World War II.[1] He played club hockey with Grasshoppers Hockey Club in Vancouver and was later selected for a representative British Columbia team.[4] Together with Tony Boyd and Paddy Ruttle, Johnston was one of a number of Irish field hockey players selected for the Canadian men's field hockey team.[5][6] As "Canada's first ever field hockey captain", he played in a number of qualifying games ahead of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4] Also selected for the Olympic team, he participated in several of Canada's games at the competition.[7] He co-captained the Canadian team in the men's field hockey competition at the 1967 Pan American Games, in which Canada finished fourth.[4] He retired from competition shortly after the 1967 games.[1]
Johnston died in December 2020.[8]
References
- ^ a b c Ian Johnston at Olympedia
- ^ "Post-1948 Canadian Olympic Mysteries". Olympstats. November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Trip to France awaits man up on the ball". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. 29 August 1963. p. 13. Retrieved 25 January 2026 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Farewell to the King". Field Hockey Canada. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "Maple leaf pride with Irish roots". olympic.ca. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "Sport". Evening Herald. 12 October 1963 – via irishnewsarchive.com.
Apart from Ian Johnston and Gordon Aston, the Canadian team in Lyons Included other former home-based players in Tony Boyd and Paddy Ruttle
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ian Johnston". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Obituary - Mr. Reginald Ian Hallam Johnston". dignitymemorial.com.