Colin Whalley

Colin James Campbell Whalley is an English former field hockey player who represented the Great Britain men's national field hockey team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography

He played hockey for Lancashire 153 times, and appeared for England 49 times.
He played club hockey for Hightown Hockey Club in the England Hockey League and became their club captain.
While at Hightown he played for England at the 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup in Amstelveen. He was also selected by England for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur
In 1978, he became an England selector and later became the manager of the England in 1980. He managed the team during the 1986 Men's Hockey World Cup, with England finishing as runners-up.
Whalley also played cricket at minor counties level for Cheshire from 1962-1965, making three appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.
He was a bank manager by trade.