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Rony Gardner was an Olympian and field hockey player from Pakistan. He played two matches for Pakistan's National Field Hockey Team. [1] He was part of the Pakistani national team during the 1960 Summer Olympics where Pakistan won the gold medal after defeating India.
The field hockey tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the field hockey event at the Summer Olympics.
Samiullah Khan is a former field hockey player from Pakistan, who was nicknamed The Flying Horse because of his great speed. He is a former and veteran player of the Olympic Games.
Gurbux ("Gurbakhsh") Singh is a former field hockey player from India who was a member of the India national field hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was the Joint Captain at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games where India won Bronze Medal and the Coach to the Indian team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. For his outstanding contribution to the country in the field of sports, Gurbux was given the Arjuna Award in the year 1966.
Raghbir Singh Bhola was an Indian Airforce Officer and international hockey player who represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medal respectively for the country. He was also awarded the Arjuna Award for his contributions to Indian Hockey in 2000.
Balkrishan Singh was a field hockey player from India who won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
The Pakistan national field hockey team represents Pakistan in international field hockey since its first match in 1948. It is administered by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), the governing body for hockey in Pakistan. They have been a member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1948 and founding member of the Asian Hockey Federation (ASHF) which formed in 1958.
Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara was an Indian and later Pakistani field hockey player and the longest-serving hockey manager who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The National Olympic Committee of Pakistan was created in 1948. Pakistan first participated in the Olympic Games in 1948 in London, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for when they participated in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Soviet Union.
S. Lal Shah Bokhari was a British Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Billimoga Puttaswamy Govinda was an Indian professional field hockey player and the former captain of the Indian team.
Akhtar Rasool is a field hockey player, captain and olympian from Pakistan who won the gold medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Hockey World Cup 1978, and again in 1982. He played as Center Half for the Pakistan hockey team. Akhtar is considered one of the creative geniuses in centre-half recovery and ball distribution.
Prithipal Singh was an Indian field hockey player nicknamed the “King of short corner” by hockey commentators. He participated in the Olympic field hockey three times and each time he scored the highest number of goals as a single player. Singh was a player with sharp reflexes, and the tremendous strength in his long and powerful arms produced firm and sticking shots which unfailingly fetched him goals and often the winners. The Evening Post, New Zealand commented in 1961 that to face the fury of Prithipal's hit is to risk one's life. Another author commented that if Arjuna was the maharathi of the Mahabharata war, Prithipal was the maharathi of the International Hockey game. The first-ever Arjuna Award to a hockey player was conferred upon him in 1961, which was later followed by the Padma Shri in 1967. Singh won Olympic medals in Rome, Tokyo and Mexico.
Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh is an Indian professional field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper and former captain of the Indian national team. He plays in the Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Sreejesh played a vital role in the Indian national team's bronze medal win at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's field hockey tournament. He won FIH Player of the Year Awards (2020-21) for best male goalkeeper.
Abdul Hamid Hamidi was a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born in Bannu. He won silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics and gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics.
Habib Ali Kiddie was a Pakistani field hockey player from 1950 to 1964. He played in the Pakistan national team at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, winning one gold medal and one silver medal. Habib Ali Kiddie died in 1982 at age 53.
Munir Ahmed Dar was a field hockey player from Pakistan, who was part of the team which won Pakistan's first ever Olympic gold at Rome in 1960. Dar also won the silver medal with the Men's National Hockey Team at the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics and 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo.
Shakeel Abbasi is an international field hockey player from Pakistan. He plays centre forward. He made his international debut for Pakistan in 2003.
Jahangir Butt was a Pakistani field hockey player. He was born in Gujranwala, Punjab, British Raj. He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed is a retired Pakistani field hockey player. He represented Pakistan in two editions of the Olympic Games, and he has served as a full-fledged member and single-time captain of the national field hockey team throughout his sporting career.
Qazi Salahuddin was a former Pakistani Olympian & field hockey player from Pakistan. He played for Pakistan's National Field Hockey Team from 1967–69. He was part of Pakistan National Team in 1968 Summer Olympics where Pakistan team took the gold medal after defeating Australia in the Final by 2-1 in Mexico City, Mexico. Salahuddin has also served as coach of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa women hockey team.
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