{{short description|British field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Julian Halls | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|17 April 1967}} | birth_place = Rochford, Essex, England | height = 181 cm | weight = 82 kg | position = Defender | years1 = 1989–1998 | clubs1 = Old Loughtonians | years2 = 1995 | clubs2 = Canberra | years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = Haagsche Delftsche Mixed | years4 = 1998–2000 | clubs4 = Cannock | years5 = 2000–2005 | clubs5 = St Albans | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = GB | nationalcaps(goals)1 = 59 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = England | nationalcaps(goals)2 = 125 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalComp | Commonwealth Games }} {{MedalBronze | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Team }} {{MedalComp | European Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 1995 Dublin|Team }} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Padua|Team }} }}
'''Julian Halls''' (born 17 April 1967) is a British former field hockey player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/julian-halls-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418021601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/julian-halls-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=26 May 2012}}</ref>
== Biography == Halls played club hockey for Old Loughtonians in the Men's England Hockey League, becoming the club captain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005102/19891124/903/0098 |title=Loughtonians show no mercy |work=Leamington Spa Courier |date=24 November 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> He appeared at the 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003661/19891103/038/0038 |title=Hockey World Cup |work=Birmingham News |date=3 November 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 June 2025}}</ref> and the 1994 Men's Hockey World Cup<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004895/19940803/076/0076 |title=Bobby's call Down Under |work=Hoylake & West Kirby News |date=3 August 1994 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref> and played for Old Loughtonians until they lost him for the best part of 1995, when he switched to play his club hockey for Canberra in Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002139/19950405/034/0034 |title=Record trio |work=Birmingham Mail |date=5 April 1995 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>
Returning to Old Loughtonians, Halls represented Great Britain at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18780 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> before going the Netherlands to play for Haagsche Delftsche Mixed.
He represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002472/19980805/256/0034 |title=Three more for England |work=Reading Evening Post |date=5 August 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=8 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref> Shortly after the Commonwealth Games, Halls made his Cannock debut in October 1988.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004845/19981009/085/0085 |title=England star's debut for champs |work=Sandwell Evening Mail |date=9 October 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref>
While at Cannock, Halls represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.<ref name=oly/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/20000720/476/0030 |title=Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad |work=The Scotsman |date=20 July 2000 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=29 May 2025}}</ref> After the Olympics, Halls joined St Albans as a player coach for the 2000/01 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/halls-leads-st-albans-challenge-636960.html|title=Halls leads St Albans' challenge|website=The Independent|date=7 October 2000 |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>
At international retirement he had won 59 caps for Great Britain and 125 caps for England and returned to Old Loughtonians as Director of Coaching in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2007/03/19/hockey_julian_halls_feature.shtml|title=Julian's big ambitions|website=BBC Sport|date=23 March 2007 |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halls, Julian}} Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:British men's field hockey players Category:Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Category:Field hockey players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:1998 Men's Hockey World Cup players Category:People educated at Alleyn Court School Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey Category:Haagsche Delftsche Mixed players Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Category:English expatriate field hockey players Category:Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:1990 Men's Hockey World Cup players Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Rochford