James Gall (field hockey)
James Richard Gall (born 20 May 1995) is an English international field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the England and Great Britain national team.
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Full name | James Richard Gall | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Frimley, Surrey, England | 20 May 1995|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Surbiton | |||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Surbiton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
Beeston | ||||||||||||||||||||||
–2017 | University of Nottingham | |||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Surbiton | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | England & GB U21 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | England & GB | 74 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 4 November 2019 |
He was educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey.[2]
Club career
Gall plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Surbiton. He re-joined Surbiton for the 2017-18 season, from University of Nottingham. He also played for Beeston Hockey Club.[3][4]
International career
Gall made his senior England debut for England versus South Africa in March 2017, having represented his country at under-16, under-18, and under-21 levels. He played for England under-21 in the 2013 and 2016 Junior World Cups and won a bronze medal at the 2014 European under-21 championships. He joined the Great Britain Centralised Programme in 2017 and was a member of the Great Britain squad that won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup final in Ipoh, Malaysia on 6 May 2017 – the first time Great Britain or England had won this title since 1994.
References
- "GALL James". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "James Gall gets England U21 call up - Cranleigh School". cranleigh.org. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- http://surbitonhc.com/james-gall-re-signs-for-surbiton-m1/
- "Surbiton add two GB internationals while Reading also make moves - EHL". ehlhockey.tv. Retrieved 17 May 2017.