Joginder Singh (field hockey)

Joginder Singh (3 August 1939 6 November 2002), nicknamed "Gindi",[1] was an Indian hockey player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Delhi.

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
1960 RomeTeam Competition
1964 TokyoTeam Competition

After retiring, he settled in Kolkata, where he worked as a sports officer for the Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), which was later renamed the South Eastern Railway (SER).

He died at age 63 after a protracted kidney illness.[2]

References

  1. Gindi Singh Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Reference
  2. Obituary


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