Gurdev Singh (field hockey)

Gurdev Singh Kular (born 12 August 1933) is a former Indian field hockey player, originally from Sansarpur. He was part of the Indian field hockey team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which won the gold medal. He was also a member of the field hockey team for the 1958 Tokyo and 1962 Jakarta Asian Games, the latter of which he was captain for. He was also the captain of the gold-medallist Punjab team in the national hockey championship in Bhopal same year. In 1964, he led a team tour to Afghanistan as captain.[1]

Gurdev Singh
Personal information
Full name Gurdev Singh Kular
Born (1933-08-12) August 12, 1933
Sansarpur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Olympic Games
Representing  India
Gold medal – first place1956 MelbourneTeam
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1958 Tokyo Team
Silver medal – second place 1962 Jakarta Team

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