Ross Rutledge

Michael Ross "Roscoe" Rutledge (July 7, 1962 – April 23, 2004) is a former field hockey player.

Ross Rutledge
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
1983 Caracas Team
1987 Indianapolis Team
1991 Havana Team

Rutledge participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in 1984. After having finished in tenth position in Los Angeles, California, 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

References

  • 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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