Dharam Singh (field hockey)
Appearance
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Men's field hockey | ||
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1952 Helsinki | Team Competition | |
1964 Tokyo | Team Competition |
Dharam Singh (19 January 1919 in Gandiwind – 5 December 2001 in Chandigarh) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a right back in the gold medal winning team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. He was the team coach of the Indian team that won the gold medal at Tokyo in 1964. He also coached the silver medal winning team at 1978 Asian games Bangkok. He studied at Khalsa college, Amritsar. He also served on the selection panel of the Indian Hockey Federation from 1970–1982.
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- 1919 births
- 2001 deaths
- Field hockey players from Amritsar
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Indian male field hockey players
- Field hockey players from Chandigarh
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1966 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Dhyan Chand Award recipients
- Indian field hockey biography stubs