Joginder Singh (field hockey)
Indian field hockey player
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| 1962 Jakarta | Team |
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.
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).[citation needed]
He died at age 63 after a protracted kidney illness.[2]
References
- ^ Gindi Singh Archived 2012-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, Sports Reference
- ^ Obituary[usurped]
External links
- Joginder Singh at Olympedia
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India squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
- 1 Joseph Antic
- 2 Leslie Claudius (c)
- 3 Jaman Lal Sharma
- 4 Mohinder Lal
- 5 Shankar Lakshman
- 6 John Peter
- 7 Govind Sawant
- 8 Raghbir Singh Bhola
- 9 Udham Singh
- 10 Charanjit Singh
- 11 Jaswant Singh
- 12 Joginder Singh
- 13 Prithipal Singh
- Coach: Kishan Lal
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India squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (7th Title) | ||
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