{{Short description|Scottish field hockey player (born 1982)}} {{for|the Scottish academic and writer|W. Douglas Simpson}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Douglas Simpson | birth_date = 15 May 1982 | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | position = Forward | years1 = –2002 | clubs1 = Stepps HC | years2 = 2002– | clubs2 = Western Wildcats | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Scotland | nationalcaps(goals)1 = }}
'''Douglas Simpson''' (born 15 May 1982) is a former field hockey player from Scotland.
== Biography == Simpson started his career at Stepps HC before moving to Western Wildcats in 2002. Simpson enjoyed a free-scoring partnership with Scott McCartney for some years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://westernwildcats.secure-club.com/pages/page_18368/Internationalists-51--.aspx|title=Internationalists 51-60}}</ref>
His predatory skills are also shown off to great effect indoors, where he has also picked up caps.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westernwildcats.co.uk/pages/page_18368/Internationalists-51--.aspx |title=54. D.J. Simpson |website=Western Wildcats |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> A career highlight was selection for Scotland Commonwealth Games team for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, along with teammates Graham Dunlop and David Mansouri.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/4662668.stm |title=Scotland Commonwealth Games squad |website=BBC Sport |date=7 February 2006 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060831134459/http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/Commonwealth+Games+2006/TopicNavigation/Athletes/Hockey.htm sportscotland]
{{Scotland FH Squad 2005 EuroHockey}} {{Scotland FH Squad 2006 Commonwealth Games}}
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