Historical Hockey Stories
Discover fascinating, diverse stories from across the history of our great game.
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Our collections and research activity means we are constantly uncovering fascinating stories from across hockey’s rich British and international history. Explore them below.
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Clifton High School for Girls: Early Rules of Hockey
It is perhaps difficult for us today, playing to a strict code of rules laid down by the sport’s...
An Illegal Hockey Stick
New collections are, thankfully, arriving weekly and many of them create great interest when...
The Jet-propelled Hockey Stick that didn’t Take Off!
In response to the many enquiries that we receive at The Hockey Museum our volunteers are...
King George V played Hockey – He said so!
There are very few records of royalty playing hockey and even fewer of reigning monarchs. However,...
The First Four England Men’s International Matches
The first four international matches that were played by England men were all against Ireland....
The Uniqueness of the Irish Hockey Flag
There are 132 nations affiliated to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and 131 of them play...
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