Alan McIntyre

Alan McIntyre (born September 20, 1949 in Wanganui) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

The Wellingtonian is still the youngest player to have represented the New Zealand men's field hockey team. McIntyre’s family comes from Wanganui, where they established a reputation as outstanding hockey players. After the 1964 Summer Olympics changes were made to the Kiwi's team and in 1965 McIntyre, just fifteen years of age, was called into the team as centre forward.

He proved to be a talented player with bright vision and hockey instincts, and was chosen for the 1968 Summer Olympics team. In 1976, coach Ross Gillespie used McIntyre as an impact player at inside right, bringing him on with about twenty minutes remaining in most matches.

McIntyre worked most of his adult life in the Department of Statistics. He has coached hockey at various levels for many years, including a spell in the 1980s with the Wellington representative team. His children have shown unusual ability at hockey, with two sons reaching representative level.