List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics
This is a list of all field hockey players who have captained Indian national field hockey team at the international level in Olympics. The list includes all Indian captains of men's since the period of 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
Name | Year | Rank | Venue | Birth | Death |
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Jaipal Singh Munda | 1928 | Gold medal | Amsterdam Olympics | 3 January 1903 in Jharkhand | 20 March 1970 in Delhi |
Lal Shah Bokhari | 1932 | Gold medal | Los Angeles Olympics | July 22, 1909 | July 22, 1959 |
Dhyan Chand | 1936 | Gold medal | Berlin Olympics | 29 August 1905 in Allahabad, UP | 3 December 1979 in Delhi |
Kishan Lal | 1948 | Gold medal | London Olympics | - | - |
K. D. Singh | 1952 | Gold medal | Helsinki Olympics | 2 February 1922 | 27 March 1978, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Balbir Singh Sr. | 1956 | Gold medal | Melbourne Olympics | December 31, 1923 | May 25, 2020 (aged 96) in Mohali, Punjab, India |
Leslie Claudius | 1960 | Silver medal | Rome Olympics | 25 May 1927 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh | 20 December 2012 in Kolkata, West Bengal |
Charanjit Singh | 1964 | Gold medal | Tokyo Olympics | 3 February 1931 in Mairi, HP(Punjab) | Alive |
Gurbux Singh and Prithipal Singh | 1968 | Bronze medal | Mexico City Olympics | 11 February 1936 in Peshawar, Pakistan; 28 January 1932 in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan | Gurbux is alive, Prithipal Singh is not alive |
Harmik Singh | 1972 | Bronze medal | Munich Olympics | 10 June 1947 in Gujranwala, Punjab | |
Ajit Pal Singh | 1976 | 7th Position | Montreal Olympics | 1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, Punjab | Alive |
Vasudevan Baskaran | 1980 | Gold medal | Moscow Olympics | 17 August 1950 | Alive |
Zafar Iqbal | 1984 | 5th Position | Los Angeles Olympics | 12 June 1956 | Alive |
Sommayya Maneypande | 1988 | 6th Position | Seoul Olympics | 1959 in Coorg, Karnataka | Alive |
Pargat Singh[1] | 1992 | 7th Position | Barcelona Olympics | 5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Punjab | Alive |
Pargat Singh[2] | 1996 | 8th Position | Atlanta Olympics | 5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Punjab | Alive |
Ramandeep Singh[3] | 2000 | 7th Position | Sydney Olympics | 8 August 1971 in Chandigarh, Punjab | Alive[4] |
Dilip Tirkey | 2004 | 7th Position | Athens Olympics | 25 November 1977 in Sundergarh, Orissa | Alive |
Bharat Chetri[5] | 2012 | 12th Position | London Olympics | 1982 in Kalimpong, West Bengal | Alive |
P. R. Sreejesh[6] | 2016 | 8th position | Rio Olympics | 5 May 1986 at Kochi, Kerala | Alive |
References
- http://www.preservearticles.com/2011081710922/short-biography-of-pargat-singh-former-captain-of-the-indian-hockey-team.html
- http://www.preservearticles.com/2011081710922/short-biography-of-pargat-singh-former-captain-of-the-indian-hockey-team.html
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- http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/olympics/captains/
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- "Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016". Indian Express. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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