Graham Moodie
Birth date15 January 1981 (age 45)
Birth placeBalerno, Scotland
Height175 cm
Weight74 kg
Positionmidfielder
Years 12004
Clubs 1Western Wildcats
Years 22006
Clubs 2Inverleith
Years 32010
Clubs 3Edinburgh University
Nationalyears 12003–2008
Nationalteam 1GB
Nationalcaps(goals) 156
Nationalteam 2Scotland
Nationalcaps(goals) 2148

Graham Thomas Moodie (born 15 January 1981) is a Scottish former field hockey player, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Moodie born in Balerno, Scotland played as a midfielder and started playing hockey at primary school at eleven years old. His brothers Alan and Ian also competed for East of Scotland up to U18 and U15 respectively.

Moodie made his Great Britain debut on 1 July 2003.[2] While at Western Wildcats he represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[3][4]

In 2006, as an Inverleith Hockey Club player, he was part of the Scotland Commonwealth Games team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[5]

In 2010, Moodie was playing for Edinburgh University when he was selected for Scotland during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[6] The following year he won a bronze medal with the team at the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.[7]

At retirement Moodie had amassed 56 Great Britain senior caps and 148 Scotland Senior caps representing Scotland.[2] Moodie also played club hockey for MIM Edinburgh, Western Territory Stingers, Cannock and for Stirling University in BUSA (British University Championships).

He became player coach of the University of Edinburgh from 2009 to 2014, before becoming Head of Performance Men's Hockey until 2021.[citation needed] and since 2012 Graham has been the Head coach of the Scotland U21 Men's programme and an assistant coach for Scotland Senior Men. He is also an assistant coach on the Men's Great Britain Elite Development programme and a partner in Complete Hockey Coaching.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Graham Moodie". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2011-09-05.
  2. ^ "GB caps". Scottish Hockey. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Scotland Commonwealth Games squad". BBC Sport. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  6. ^ "HOCKEY: Kelburne stars dominate Commonwealth Games selection squad". Daily Record. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Michael Bremner retires from international hockey". Scottish Hockey. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2025.