medaltemplates article_title name birth_date
men 's field hockey david staniforth -lrb- field hockey -rrb-
 david staniforth april 5 , 1976
david staniforth -lrb- field hockey -rrb-

david staniforth -lrb- born april 5 , 1976 in durban -rrb- is a field hockey goalkeeper from south africa , who was a member of the national squad that finished tenth at the 2004 summer olympics in athens .
the goalie plays for a provincial team called kwazulu natal raiders .
staniforth was named south african hockey 's male personality of the year for 2002 .
he made the match-winning save from belgian player , jean-philippe brulé 's flick in a penalty shoot-out to decide the final olympic qualifying place for the 2004 athens games .
staniforth was substituted into the game specifically for the penalty shoot-out after the game had ended at 2-2 and the golden goal period remained scoreless .
he currently plays for english side fareham hockey club , in hampshire and coaches the university of southampton 's male and female hockey teams .
