Denzil Dolley (born 22 July 1977 in

Port Elizabeth Gqeberha ( , ), formerly named Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipal ...

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) is a

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

, who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the

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. He played for the

University of Port Elizabeth The University of Port Elizabeth (UPE) was a public university located in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. UPE was founded on 31 January 1964, by an act of parliament, and held its first academic year in 1965. It off ...

and a provincial team called KwaZulu Natal Raiders. He has previously played for

Holcombe Hockey Club Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rochester, Kent, England. The home ground is located at Holcombe Park, where there is a water-based pitch, a sand-based pitch and a clubhouse. The club was formed in 1999/2000 from a merger o ...

- based in

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- in the UK National League, as well as coaching Sanderstead Hockey Club. He is now the 1st XI player/coach at

Woking Hockey Club Woking Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Woking, Surrey, England. The home ground is situated in Goldsworth Park, about one mile (1.6 km) from Woking town centre. The club has two sand dressed astro-turf AstroTurf is an America ...

- based in Surrey.

International senior tournaments

* 2001 – Champions Challenge, Kuala Lumpur (2nd) * 2002 –

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, Kuala Lumpur (13th) * 2002 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

, Manchester (4th) * 2003 –

All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the ...

, Abuja (2nd) * 2004 –

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, Athens (10th) * 2006 –

, Mönchengladbach (12th)

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* 1977 births Living people South African male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for South Africa South African field hockey coaches Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players Sportspeople from Gqeberha Commonwealth Games field hockey players for South Africa Holcombe Hockey Club players South African expatriate sportspeople in England South African expatriate field hockey players African Games silver medalists for South Africa Field hockey players at the 2003 All-Africa Games Medalists at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games medalists in field hockey 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub