Dean Butler (field hockey)

Dean Butler OAM (born 26 January 1977 in Warwick, Queensland) is a field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Dean Butler
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam
World Cup
2002 Kuala LumpurTeam
2006 MönchengladbachTeam
Champions Trophy
2005 ChennaiTeam
2001 RotterdamTeam
2003 AmstelveenTeam
2007 Kuala LumpurTeam
1998 LahoreTeam
Commonwealth Games
2006 MelbourneTeam

He is nicknamed Butts, and played club hockey for the Queensland Blades in his native country, with whom he won the national title in 2003. Butler was promoted to the senior squad following the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. In 2001 he was named Player of the Year in Queensland.

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