Balbir Singh Grewal
Appearance
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Nickname | Balbir Singh (Railways) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan) | 21 September 1945|||||||||||||||||||||||
Relative | Gurbux Singh Grewal (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Field hockey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Balbir Singh Grewal (born 21 September 1945), also known as Balbir Singh (Railways), is a retired Indian field hockey player. He played for Railways in the Indian Senior National Hockey Championship. He was part of the Indian teams that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games and silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games.[1][2] His brother was the Indian hockey international Gurbux Singh Grewal.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Balbir Singh Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Bharatiya Hockey".
- ^ "Brothers who played hockey for India".
External links
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- Indian male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for India
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players from Faisalabad
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Indian field hockey biography stubs