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Robert (Herbie) Haigh (born 27 March 1945 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former hockey player from Australia, a three time olympian who won two Olympic silver medals as a member of the national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where the Australian team finished fifth.[1][2]

Olympic medal record
Men's Hockey
1968 Mexico City team
1976 Montreal team

Since retiring as a player, he has worked closely with the Australian men's and women's national programs as an assistant coach and senior selector. He also spent a number of years as the South Australian Sports Institute head coach in charge of the men's and women's elite programs, and the Australian Hockey League coach of the SA Hotshots. He was an assistant coach to Ric Charlesworth with the Australian women's team, the Hockeyroos, during the golden era of Australian women's hockey[3] and in 2010 was a selector for the men's national team, the Kookaburras. He was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008 and South Australian Sport Hall of Fame in 2011.[4]


Playing hockey



Club hockey


Haigh played with the Woodville Hockey Club in South Australia, where he is a life member and vice patron. The reserve on which the Woodville clubrooms and pitch are located are named after him. He was the Best & Fairest player in the men's competition in 1965, 1968, 1969 and 1970.


National hockey


Haigh represented South Australia in the senior hockey team from 1964 to 1976.


International hockey


Haigh played 106 tests as a member of the Australian men's hockey team from 1966 to 1976, was vice captain from 1969 to 1974 and captain in 1975–1976.

He competed in three Olympics, won two silver Olympic medals with the team at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympic Games and was the official flag carrier for Australia at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Games in Montreal.

Haigh also competed at two World Cups: Barcelona in 1971 and Kuala Lumpur in 1975 (captain).


Coaching hockey



Local and national


Haigh coached the SA Senior Men to a national championship in 1980. He was South Australian Sports Institute hockey coach from 2001 to 2006 and Hockey SA hockey development manager before that from 1991 to 1997, coaching numerous state junior teams in that time.


International


Haigh was an assistant coach for the Australia women's national field hockey team, the Hockeyroos under head coach Ric Charlesworth from 1997 to 2000 during which time they achieved the following results

He was also a selector for Australia men's national field hockey team, the Kookaburras, from 2009 to 2014. Haigh was the Fiji National Coach in 1981.

In 2008 he was inducted into the Australian Hockey Hall of Fame.[5] In 2011, he was inducted into the South Australian Sport Hall of Fame.[6]


Awards and recognition



References


  1. "Hockey SA About Us - South Australian Olympians". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. Olympic results
  3. Profile at Hockey.org.au Archived 27 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Hockey Australia - Hall of Fame Inductees". Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  6. "KPMG South Australian Sport Hall of Fame and Legends". Retrieved 9 January 2017.



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[fr] Robert Haigh

Robert Haigh (né le 27 mars 1945 à Adélaïde) est un joueur de hockey sur gazon australien. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1968, aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1972 et aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1976. En 1968 et en 1976, il remporte la médaille d'argent de la compétition[1].

[ru] Хэйг, Роберт

Роберт Ирвин Хэйг (англ. Robert Irwin Haigh, 27 марта 1945, Аделаида, Австралия) — австралийский хоккеист (хоккей на траве), полузащитник. Серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1968 и 1976 годов.



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