Scottish Hockey is deeply saddened by the passing of Dennis Hay on the age of 84 at dwelling in Edinburgh.
Hay, initially from Aberdeen, represented each Scotland and Nice Britain as a participant, together with enjoying on the 1972 Munich Olympics, earlier than happening to teach the GB Girls’s staff to a historic first Olympic medal – bronze on the Barcelona 1992 Video games.
Dennis was a Scotland common in Scotland’s midfield between 1964 and his retirement in 1974, lacking just one recreation throughout this time. He was additionally a member of Scotland males’s first indoor aspect in Paris in 1973.
Dennis was tempted into teaching and led the Scottish Girls to the World Cup in 1987. His contribution to hockey, notably throughout a formative time for the ladies’s programme, is warmly remembered.
Dennis additionally made an distinctive contributions to Edinburgh College Hockey Membership, the place he was instrumental in its growth, and Inverleith Hockey Membership, the place he was a member.
We lengthen our honest condolences to Dennis’s household, buddies, and the hockey group presently.
