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Ross Rutledge

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Ross Rutledge
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Team

Michael Ross "Roscoe" Rutledge (July 7, 1962 in Vancouver, British Columbia – April 23, 2004 in Langley, British Columbia) was a Canadian field hockey player.

Rutledge participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in 1984. After having finished in tenth position in Los Angeles, the longtime resident of Langley, British Columbia ended up in eleventh place with the Men's National Team in the Seoul Games.

He died from cancer. In Ambleside, West Vancouver, there is a field hockey turf called Rutledge Field, the home ground of the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club. The field was dedicated in memorial of Ross Rutledge in 2011 who was a local advocate for field hockey, having started the West Vancouver Field Hockey Club Adanacs player development program.

International senior competitions

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References

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  • Canadian Olympic Committee
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ross Rutledge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  • Ambleside “A” Artificial Turf Sport Field Officially Named “Rutledge Field”
  • "Hockey's home at last", North Shore News, 4 Sept 2011
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