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Harry Preston (July 25, 1931 – May 23, 2004) was a Canadian field hockey and lacrosse player who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He grew up in Surrey and attended Queen Elizabeth High School before studying at the University of British Columbia.

Harry Preston played Senior 'A' lacrosse in the Inter-City Lacrosse league for the New Westminster Salmonbellies from 1947 through until 1958. In 1959, he suited up for the Vancouver Carlings. He made a comeback in 1968 with Coquitlam, then played with New Westminster the following year before closing out his career in 1970 back with Coquitlam Adanacs. He appeared in a total of 220 regular season games for a save average of 70.0%. He also played in 17 playoffs games and had a 71.7% save average for the post-season.

He continued to play and coach lacrosse until fall of 2003, playing for the Port Coquitlam Masters Box and Field Lacrosse Teams. Harry also played goal in field hockey for Canada at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as well as the 1967 and 1971 Pan-American Games.

Preston was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1993 as a builder.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Preston". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
2. "Harry PRESTON Obituary". The Vancouver Sun. June 15, 2004. Retrieved 29 May 2015.

External links

• Harry Preston at Olympics.com
• Harry Preston at Team Canada
• Harry Preston at Olympedia

v t e Canada squad – 1967 Pan American Games – 4th place
1 Bell 2 Chopping 3 Heldt 4 Hodgson 5 Johnston 6 Lankau 7 McCannel 8 McMillen 9 Pears 10 Preston 11 Raphael 12 Ronan 13 Stringer 14 Wolsak 15 J. Wright 16 L. Wright Coach: Broom

v t e Canada squad – 1971 Pan American Games – Bronze medal
1 Bell 2 Harrison 3 Hobkirk 4 Hodgson 5 McFarland 6 M. Mouat 7 R. Mouat 8 Pready 9 Preston 10 Rattray 11 Talling 12 D. Wolsak 13 J. Wolsak 14 Wood 15 J. Wright 16 L. Wright Coach: Hartley

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