Sport Hockey and India

Hockey
is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey and ice hockey.

History
Games played with curved sticks and a ball can be found in the histories of many cultures. In Egypt, 4000-year-old carvings feature teams with sticks and a projectile, hurling dates to before 1272 BC in Ireland, and there is a depiction from approximately 600 BC in Ancient Greece, where the game may have been called kerētízein or (κερητίζειν) because it was played with a horn or horn-like stick (kéras, κέρας). In Inner Mongolia, the Daur people have been playing beikou, a game similar to modern field hockey, for about 1,000 years.
Most evidence of hockey-like games during the Middle Ages is found in legislation concerning sports and games. The Galway Statute enacted in Ireland in 1527 banned certain types of ball games, including games using "hooked" (written "hockie", similar to "hooky") sticks.
...at no tyme to use ne occupye the horlinge of the litill balle with hockie stickes or staves, nor use no hande ball to play withoute walles, but only greate foote balle[8]
By the 19th century, the various forms and divisions of historic games began to differentiate and coalesce into the individual sports defined today. Organizations dedicated to the codification of rules and regulations began to form, and national and international bodies sprang up to manage domestic and international competition
Subtypes
1.   Bandy
2.   Field hockey
3.   Ice hockey
4.   Roller hockey (inline)
5.   Roller hockey (quad)
6.   Sledge hockey

Indian Hockey
Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player, who is considered as one of the greatest field hockey players of all time. He is known for his extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey, during an era where India was the most dominant team in Hockey.
Known as “The Wizard” for his superb ball control, Chand played his final international match in 1948, having scored more than 400 goals during his international career. The Government of India awarded him the third highest (then second highest) civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1956.
His birthday, i.e. 29 August, is celebrated as National Sports Day in India.

List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics

Jaipal Singh 3 January 1903 in Jharkhand), 20 March 1970 in Delhi: Broome Pinniger captained in the final
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

2 February 1917

22 June 1980

K. D. Singh "Babu"

1952

Gold Medal

Helsinki Olympics

1923 in Barabanki, UP

27 March 1978 in Lucknow

Balbir Singh, Sr.

1956

Gold Medal

Melbourne Olympics

10 October 1924 in Haripur, Punjab

Alive

Leslie Claudius

1960

Silver Medal

Rome Olympics

25 May 1927 in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Died, 20 December 2012

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 at Nankana Sahib, Pakistan

Gurbux is Alive, Prithipal Singh is not alive

Harmik Singh

1972

Bronze Medal

Munich Olympics

10 June 1947 in Gujranwala, Punjab


Ajitpal Singh

1976

7th Position

Montreal Olympics

1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, Punjab

Alive

Vasudevan Bhaskaran

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

1992

7th Position

Barcelona Olympics

5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Punjab

Alive

Pargat Singh

1996

8th Position

Atlanta Olympics

5 March 1965 in Mithapur, Punjab

Alive

Ramandeep Singh

2000

7th Position

Sydney Olympics

8 August 1971 in Chandigarh, Punjab

Alive

Dilip Tirkey

2004

7th Position

AthensOlympics

25 November 1977 in Sundargarh Orissa

Alive

Bharat Chetri

2012

12th Position

Londo Olympics

1982 in Kalimpong, West Bengal

Alive

P. R. Shreejesh

2016

8th position

Rio Olympics

5 May 1986 at Kochi, Kerala

Alive







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