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Richard Heyn
Sri Lankan cricketer and field hockey player
Richard Russell Heyn (24 September 1942 – 3 April 2024) was a former field hockey player who represented Sri Lanka men's national field hockey team playing as a right full back.[1] His younger brother David Heyn played cricket for Sri Lanka and at club level representing Burgher Recreation Club. His father Bertram Heyn was a former Sri Lankan Army general who also holds a special feat of having dismissed legendary Australian cricketer Don Bradman in a first-class match in Sri Lankan soil.[2]