Michael Corby (field hockey)

Michael Corby
Personal information
Born (1940-02-18) 18 February 1940
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Senior career
Years Team
1959–1974 Hounslow
1975–1978 Southgate
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
England & Great Britain
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  England
European Team Championships
1975 Dublin Team

Michael Wells Corby (born 18 February 1940) is a British field hockey and squash player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Hockey.[1]

Biography

Corby attended Mill Hill School in North London.

Corby played club hockey for Hounslow Hockey Club and while at the club represented Great Britain at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and was again a member of the Great Britain team at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.[2]

Corby played squash at the same time and represented the England men's national squash team at the 1967, 1969 and the 1971 World Team Squash Championships.[3] Corby won a gold medal for the England at the 1975 European Squash Team Championships in Dublin.[4][5]

In 1975 Corby was voted top amateur sportsman of Great Britain[6] and left Hounslow to join the Southgate Hockey Club team. He was part of the team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in 1976, 1977 and 1978.[7]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Corby Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Mike Corby". Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ "European Team Squash Championships". InterSportStats. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Men's European Team Championship: Event History (53 events)". Squash Info. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Jolly jet-setters". Evening News (London). 28 June 1975. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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