Patricia ("Pat") Jean McKillop, née Fraser, and now Buckle also simply known as Pat McKillop[1] (born 15 July 1956) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe,[2] who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
A late request was sent to the government of the African nation, which hastily assembled a team less than a week before the competition started.
[6] McKillop was the co-top scorer of the tournament with six goals, including three penalty corners, tied with the Soviet Union's Natella Krasnikova.
[3] Patricia McKillop was married to Collin Williams who was a Zimbabwean first-class cricketer and a field hockey coach after getting divorce for her first marriage.
The eldest who was born after the first marriage, Michael McKillop, has captained the Zimbabwe men’s hockey team and also appeared in nine first-class cricket matches for Matabeleland;[8] next is Sean Williams who has played age level international hockey and international cricket for Zimbabwe;[9] and last is Matthew Williams, who has captained Zimbabwe's national hockey team and played first class cricket.