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Scottish field hockey player

Michael Yellowlees
Personal information
Born 1959 (age 65–66)
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
Scotland

Michael Yellowlees (born 1959) is a former Scottish field hockey player who played for the Scotland national outdoor and indoor teams during the 1980s and early 1990s. He played his club hockey for Edinburgh Civil Service and Murray International Metals.

In 1983 he scored the only goal for the Scotland outdoor team that beat Spain 1–0 in Barcelona. Scotland's first victory against Spain in international competition.

Yellowlees was also a member of the Scotland outdoor squad that beat Holland for the first time in 1986. Scotland won the match 2–1 with a goal in the last few minutes at Largs. Holland were the reigning European champions at the time.

Yellowlees graduated from the University of Edinburgh in history and law. In 2003 he published his first book. He is a practising solicitor in Edinburgh.

References

  1. ^ "Scots' first hockey win over Spain". The Herald (Glasgow). 4 April 1983. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. "Indoor hockey squad named". The Herald (Glasgow). 29 October 1991. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. "Strathallan in the 1970s" (PDF). Strathallan School. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  4. "Yellowlees leads the Civil Service revival". The Herald (Glasgow). 3 November 1986. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  5. "Mike stakes Scotland claim". The Herald (Glasgow). 30 November 1987. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  6. "Guytech hit seven and put pressure on Grange". The Herald (Glasgow). 30 October 1989. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Scots' first win over European Champions". The Herald (Glasgow). 11 August 1986. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. ^ "So strange a monster as a Jesuiste' - The Society of Jesus in Sixteenth-Century Scotland". House of Lochar. 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2013.


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