Gurdev Singh (field hockey): Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
made corrections
Canvalio (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 30:
}}
 
'''Gurdev Singh Kular''' (12 August 1933 – 8 February 2024) was 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, captaining the latterteam ofin whichthe he was captainlatter forcompetition. 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203235236/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/gurdev-singh-1.html Gurdev Singh, Sports-Reference / Olympic Sports]. Retrieved 16 February 2019.</ref> Singh died in [[Leeds]], England on 8 February 2024, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oldest Olympians |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100066553912306&story_fbid=752788836949573 |website=Facebook |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bahra |first1=Dil |title=Melbourne 1956 Olympic Gold medallist Gurdev Singh Kullar passes away |url=http://www.fieldhockey.com/archives/index.php/2019/140-2024/february/3703-news-for-15-february-2024 |website=Field Hockey |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>
 
== References ==