Davinder Singh (field hockey)

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Davinder Singh Garcha (born 7 December 1952) is a former Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics where he scored 8 goals in total of 6 Olympic matches. [1] [2]

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