Charlotte "Lottie" Dod - Born September 24, 1871 in Bebington, Merseyside, England – Died June 27, 1960 in Bournemouth, England was an English sportswoman best known as a tennis player, but also a field Hockey player / pioneer.

It is not known where and how Lottie learned to play Hockey, but it is known that in 1897 she contributed to the creation of the Hockey Club in Spital, a suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, about a mile away from her family home. Dod was a keen member of the All England Women's Hockey Association / A.E.W.H.A. forming in 1897.

Only two years later she played at such a high level as a central forward, that she was elected captain of the Spital Hockey team.

By 1899, Dod had made it to captain of the Cheshire county team, and represented her club at meetings of the All England Women's Hockey Association for the Cheshire County Hockey Association. Dod was also president of the Northern Counties Ladies Hockey Association.

From the history of the club in Spital, it is known that the team won when Lottie played in it, and lost when she was absent. In October, 1898 Lottie's team won 4-1 with the Lancashire team, all goals scored by Lottie. In the second leg, five months later, Lottie defeated 11-1 opponents, 6 goals belonged to Lottie.

Twice, Dod played on England's field Hockey team against Ireland. First on March 21, 1899, when England defeated Ireland, and the Hockey match ended with a score of 3-1, then during a rematch the following year, with England winning 2-1, and Dod scored both England goals.

The Gentlewoman was a weekly illustrated paper for women founded in 1890 and published in London, and said this about Lottie Dod after the England vs Ireland match - “She is surprisingly quick and powerful in her strokes and exceedingly tricky in dribbling and passing.”

In 1900, Lottie was to play for the national team again - this time against Wales, but the attack of sciatica thwarted her plans. It was the first of many attacks that had accompanied her for the rest of her life.

After recuperating and finishing mourning the death of her mother, Margarett in 1901, Lottie could be seen losing interest in Hockey. She resigned from the Northern committee, from time to time playing for the club in Spital, until 1905, when she left the Cheshire county team. She never played for either the county or the country again.

Charlotte "Lottie" Dod was inducted into the International Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.