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Australian field hockey player

Mervyn Crossman
Personal information
Full name Mervyn Richard Crossman
Born 7 April 1935 (1935-04-07)
Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Died 20 June 2017 (2017-06-21) (aged 82)
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Medal record

Mervyn Richard Crossman (7 April 1935 – 20 June 2017) was an Australian field hockey player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Four years earlier, when Rome, Italy hosted the "Games," he made his Olympic debut.

Crossman played 32 times for Australia at the senior level, "scoring 8 goals." And was a renowned penalty corner hitter. He died in Townsville, Queensland on 20 June 2017.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "Vale Merv Crossman". Hockey Australia website. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mervyn Crossman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  3. ^ Olympic results

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