Ivan Laing
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
18 August 1885 Hawick, Scotland | ||
| Died |
30 November 1917 (aged 32) Metz-en-Couture, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1908 | Hawick | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| Scotland | |||
Medal record | |||
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Ivan Laing (18 August 1885 – 30 November 1917) was a field hockey player from Scotland who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] Born in Hawick, and a member of the Hawick Hockey Club, in 1908 he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland team.[2] Laing also played rugby for Hawick RFC,[3] and swam for Hawick Amateur Swimming Club.[4]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Laing was born in Glasgow, the son of John Turnbull Laing, a factory owner. He was educated at New College, Eastbourne, and at Verviers in Belgium.[5]
Laing was killed in action aged 32 during World War I, serving as a lieutenant with the Coldstream Guards at Metz-en-Couture. He was buried at the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery nearby.[6][7]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Football – Hawick v Langholm, Hawick News and Border Chronicle, 5 November 1909
- ^ Swimming, Southern Reporter, 9 October 1913
- ^ The Sportsman's Roll of Honour, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 22 December 1917
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External links
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- Iain Laing at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1885 births
- 1917 deaths
- British male field hockey players
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Coldstream Guards officers
- Field hockey players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Hawick RFC players
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Sportspeople from Hawick
- Scottish male field hockey players
- Scottish Olympic competitors
- Scottish soldiers
- British field hockey Olympic medallist stubs
- Scottish field hockey biography stubs