Richard Alexander (field hockey)

Richard Ian M. Alexander (born 15 September 1981 in Homersfield, Suffolk), nicknamed "Ratman", is an English field hockey player.

Alexander made his international senior debut for the national squad in January 2005 against South Africa. He has represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He has 130 England caps and 58 Great Britain caps.

He plays club hockey for Indian Gymkhana in the South Hockey League Premier Division 1. He has also played for Richmond Hockey Club, Hampstead & Westminster, Wimbledon, Surbiton and Loughborough.

Alexander was educated at Town Close School.

He now teaches in at a school named Nottingham High School in Nottingham.