Barry Dancer

Barry John Dancer is an Australian former field hockey player and coach, born on 27 August 1952. As a player he made 48 international appearances for Australia between 1973 and 1979 and was a member of the men's team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. As a coach he led the English men's team from 1997 to 1999 and the Great Britain team that finished sixth at the 2000 Olympics, then became head coach of the Australian men's national team in 2001. Under him Australia won its first Olympic gold medal at Athens in 2004, finished second at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and took bronze at Beijing in 2008. He also headed the Australian Institute of Sport men's program, and his son Brent has represented Australia in hockey.