{{Short description|British field hockey player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Stuart Head | birth_date = 1973<ref name=HGM>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003760/19880929/001/0001 |title=Selected |work=Horley & Gatwick Mirror |date=29 September 1988 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | position = | years1 = 1990–1999 | clubs1 = East Grinstead | years2 = 1999–2003 | clubs2 = Surbiton | years3 = | clubs3 = | nationalyears1= | nationalteam1 = England & Great Britain | nationalcaps(goals)1 = | nationalyears2 = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | field hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze|1998 Kuala Lumpur| Team}} {{MedalComp | European Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Padua|Team }} }}
'''Stuart Head''' (born 1973) is a British former field hockey player.
== Biography == Head was educated at Copthorne School in Copthorne, West Sussex, where he was the captain of the hockey club and head boy. He was selected for the England U16 team in 1988.<ref name=HGM/>
Head played club hockey for East Grinstead in the Men's England Hockey League<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6800275.head-set-for-battle/ |title=Head set for battle |website=The Argus |date=16 March 1999 |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref> and while at the club represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kuala-lumpur-1998/athletes|title=1998 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><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>
He left East Grinstead to join Surbiton for the 1999/2000 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002505/19990813/336/0035 |title=Four sign for Surbiton |work=Kingston Informer |date=13 August 1999 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> He was a travelling reserve for the 2000 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6457101.gb-hockeys-unlikely-lads/ |title=GB hockey's unlikely lads |website=News Shopper |date=22 September 2000 |access-date=12 June 2025}}</ref>
After a competitive playing career, Head coached field hockey at Epsom College alongside former teammate Michael Johnson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/beyond-the-classroom/sport/hockey/|title=Hockey excellence|website=Epsom College}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{England FH Squad 1998 Commonwealth Games}} {{England FH Squad 1999 Champions Trophy}} {{England FH Squad 1999 EuroHockey}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Head, Stuart}} Category:Living people Category:British men's field hockey players Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in field hockey Category:Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:1973 births Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Category:People educated at Copthorne Preparatory School
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