Philip Sankey

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full namePhilip Selvaraj•Sankey
Used namePhilip•Sankey
Bornin Ipoh, PerakMAS
Died16 July 1992 in Kuala Lumpur, Kuala LumpurMAS
AffiliationsPerak — ?, PerakMAS
NOCMalayaMAL

Biography

Philip Sankey was a halfback who played for Malaya at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic hockey tournament. He played for Perak starting in 1947 and later captained North Malaya, playing for them from 1949-54. Sankey captained the North Malayan XI against India in 1954 and Pakistan in 1955. He was honorary secretary of the Perak Hockey Association. Sankey was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School in Ipoh.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Summer Olympics Hockey MAL Philip Sankey
Hockey, Men (Olympic) Malaya 9

Errata

Born 1929/1930 as he was 63 years old at the time of his death.