Samuel Ward (field hockey)

Samuel Ian Ward (born 24 December 1990), known as Sam Ward, is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Old Georgians and the England and Great Britain national teams.

Club career
Ward plays club hockey in the Men's England Hockey League Premier Division for Old Georgians.

He has also played club hockey for Beeston (3 spells), Holcombe, Loughborough Students and Leicester.

International career
He competed for Great Britain at the 2016 Olympics, and for England in the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. During the Olympic Qualifier against Malaysia, he was struck by the ball in the face and he lost some sight in his left eye. On 28 May 2021, he was selected in the England squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship.