Dylan Wotherspoon (born 9 April 1993) is an Australian International

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player who plays for NMHC Nijmegen. His normal position is forward. He won a gold medal in the

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Club career

Wotherspoon played his junior career for Redbacks Hockey Club in

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before relocating to

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in 2010 to play with Eastern Suburbs Hockey Club in the Brisbane Hockey League. Wotherspoon was signed by Dabang Mumbai for $35,750US for the 2016

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. Later in 2016, Wotherspoon was signed by Hoofdklasse club HC 's-Hertogenbosch for the 2016–17 season. After a successful season in the Netherlands, Wotherspoon returned home in 2017 to play with Labrador HC. Dylan was also a regular member of the Queensland Blades team in the

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. In 2019 Dylan was signed by Brisbane Blaze in the inaugural

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season. In 2021 Dylan re-signed with HC 's-Hertogenbosch. In 2023 he helped the club win the Gold Cup. In 2023 Dylan signed with NMHC Nijmegen for the 2023-24 season. On 12 May 2024 he helped them seal promotion to the

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for the first time in almost 50 years. Wotherspoon DB1

International career

2014

Dylan Wotherspoon made his senior international debut against

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in late 2014.

2015

In April 2015 he made his tournament debut in the 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, scoring 3 goals in the tournament. Wotherspoon scored his first ever international goal in this tournament, scoring in

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7–0 win over

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. In December 2015 was selected for the 2014-15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final where he scored 2 goals, including in the semi-final against

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2016

In 2016 he was named in the squad for the 2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy in

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, but had to withdraw with injury, which also ruled him out of the

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. In November 2016 Wotherspoon returned from injury to be named player of the tournament in the 2016 Men's International Festival of Hockey in

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2017

In April Wotherspoon was named in the squad for the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and scored a goal in the tournament final. In July he was selected for the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals in

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. In October, Wotherspoon scored 7 goals in Australia's

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triumph. In December he was selected for the

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where he was awarded his 50th cap and scored 2 goals, including in the semi-final against

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2018

In February 2018 Wotherspoon played in all four test matches against

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. He then played all 6 matches and scored two goals in Australia's successful

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tournament win in March 2018. In April 2018 Dylan won a gold medal as part of Australia's gold medal-winning team in the

in Dylan's home city of The Gold Coast. Dylan played all 6 matches, scoring a goal against

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and two goals against

. In September, Dylan was selected for the 2018 Men's International Hockey Open in Darwin. He scored in the opening match, a 5–2 victory over

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, then netted a

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in the 3–0 win over

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. Despite losing 2–1 to

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in the final, Wotherspoon finished the tournament as the top goal scorer with 4 goals. Dylan was named in the Kookaburra's squad to play in the

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where he played in all six matches and scored a goal against

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2019

After being rotated from the squad for the opening fixtures of the

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, Wotherspoon scored his 30th international goal in the 4–2 win over

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in February. He then played in the 2–1 win over

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, as well as in the 3–2 win over

and 5–1 win over

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, both in

in March. Unfortunately he injured his hamstring after only 5 minutes during the 3-4

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win over New Zealand in

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and could not return to the field. Dylan returned from injury to the squad for the European leg of the League in June 2019.

2020

Dylan started the year playing in the 2020 Men's FIH Pro League, scoring his 31st international goal against

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. In February Dylan celebrated his 90th cap by scoring against India in Odisha.

Personal life

Dylan's younger brother Blake is a former Australian under 21 international who played for HC Klein Zwitserland.

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wotherspoon, Dylan 1993 births Living people Australian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games gold medallists in field hockey 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players HC Den Bosch players Male field hockey forwards Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Youth Olympic gold medalists for Australia Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian expatriate field hockey players Australian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games NMHC Nijmegen players Men's Hoofdklasse Hockey players 21st-century Australian sportsmen