A journalist who also represented England at hockey has died aged 75 after a heart attack.

Tributes have been paid to Peter Thompson, who was The Wolds correspondent for the Grimsby Telegraph for around 20 years.

Peter, pictured, joined the Telegraph in 1994 after leaving his career as a grammar school teacher.

He was married to his wife Gwyneth, who he had met at teacher training college in Chester, for 49 years.

She told the Telegraph: “He enjoyed being a journalist and being with all the other staff.

“He was friendly and would talk to anyone.

“Whenever we went on holiday and visited a bar it didn’t take him long to be chatting to someone and usually it was football and he could recall every team and their players and who scored.

“He engaged in conversation with everyone.”

Away from journalism, Peter represented England on the hockey pitch and was also well-known in cricket, golf and scouting circles.

The former RE teacher also served for more than a decade as secretary to the Deanery Synod of The Church of England in Lincolnshire.

Peter is survived by wife Gwyneth, daughters Lucy and Nichola and son David and their respective partners Russell, Clinton and Alana, as well as granddaughter Eloise and cousin Sylvia.