Author: James Ormandy

Hockey’s Religious Foundations
Part 3
Quakers Play and Support Hockey’s Development

Posted by James Ormandy | Apr 19, 2021 | Archival Research, Hockey, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read earlier parts of this series Hockey’s Religious Foundations: The Anglican Clergy...

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Hockey’s Religious Foundations
Part 2
Nonconformists Lead Hockey’s Downward Social Diffusion

Posted by James Ormandy | Apr 12, 2021 | Archival Research, Hockey, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 0

To read Part one of Hockey’s Religious Foundations: The Anglican Clergy turn a Suburban Game...

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Hockey’s Religious Foundations:
Part 1
The Anglican Clergy turn a Suburban Game into a National Sport

Posted by James Ormandy | Apr 5, 2021 | Archival Research, Hockey, Team Sports | 1

The establishment of the Hockey Association (HA) in 1886 was a timely event as the drift away from...

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When Hull got Hooked on Hockey:
East Yorkshire’s Edwardian Sporting Boom

Posted by James Ormandy | Mar 18, 2021 | Hockey, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 3

Modern hockey begins in 1886 with the second attempt to form a national Hockey Association (HA) by...

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A Brief History of Mixed Hockey before WWII:
The ‘Mixers’ Have Hockey’s Rulers All Mixed Up

Posted by James Ormandy | Jan 7, 2021 | Hockey, Team Sports, Women in Sport | 2

Men and women who played hockey together were dubbed “the mixers” by one newspaper and mixed...

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