Stuart Carruthers
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Stuart Cameron Carruthers (born 31 March 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 player from Australia
Australia
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, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

 in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

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Player/Coach of the Undefeated Minor Premiers and Premiers of the Sydney Hockey Premier League 2nd Grade, of Burwood Briars Hockey Club. Carruthers or more commonly known as Razz put in a man of the match performance in the grand final scoring twice.

After announcing his retirement at the conclusion of the match the players decided to confirm his god-like status by dedicating a song to him that would for long be etched in the minds and hearts of all Briars hockey players and fans alike, “If You leave Me Now” by Chicago.

He is the husband of Lisa Powell-Carruthers and the brother-in-law of Katrina Powell
Katrina Powell
Katrina Maree Powell is a field hockey player from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, for her native country....

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