Famous Indian hockey players
                     FAMOUS INDIAN HOCKEY 
PLAYERS
1. Dhyan Chand 
• The best player to have graced the diversion, Major Dhyan Chand was known as 'The Wizard' civility 
of his splendid stick-work and ball control. You would be stunned to realize that his genuine name isn't 
Dhyan Chand. He was dedicated 'Dhyan Singh' during childbirth and he was named Dhyan Chand by 
his partners as he used to rehearse in the night when by and large the moon, Chand, is noticeable.
• Dhyan Chand has won three Olympic Gold awards for India, winning the Amsterdam (1928), Los 
Angeles (1932) and Berlin (1936) Olympics. He is the most elevated goalscorer in hockey, with more 
than 400 objectives over his profession. Watching him play, Australian incredible batsman Don 
Bradman paid a shining tribute to him saying, "He (Dhyan Chand) scores objectives like keeps running 
in cricket".
• The National Sports Day, where the President gives away different games grants, is commended on 
his birthday – 29th August. India's most astounding honor for lifetime accomplishment in games is 
named after this hockey entertainer – Dhyan Chand Award. He is the main beneficiary among hockey 
players of the Padma Bhushan (1956) – India's third most astounding non military personnel grant. 
• Dhyan Chand's hockey stick was the subject of broad research as it was asserted he had a magnet in 
his stick and that he connected paste on his stick. The majority of the cases were false, obviously, and 
to demonstrate his quality, Dhyan Chand once, purportedly, utilized a woman observer's strolling stick 
to score an objective. The German despot, Hitler, even offered the hockey mystical performer German 
citizenship so he could speak to West Germany, which the military man rejected. 
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2. Balbir Singh Sr.
• Balbir Singh Sr. is the main player in the historical backdrop of the 
game to have scored 5 objectives in an Olympic match where he 
scored 5 out of a 6-1 win against the Netherlands in the last. He 
turned into the second Indian to win three Olympic gold decorations 
in the wake of winning the top respect in London (1948), Helsinki 
(1952) and Melbourne (1956). He captained the group at the 
Melbourne Olympics and was the second in order at Helsinki. He 
additionally spoke to the Indian group which came back with silver 
awards from the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games.
• Post his playing vocation, the observed Sikh assumed responsibility 
for the Indian group as the mentor, directing the group to a third put 
completion at the 1971 Hockey World Cup which he bettered by 
winning the 1975 World Cup – the main time India won the 
competition.
• In 1957, he turned into the principal sports identity to win the Padma 
Shri grant. He has likewise composed two collections of memoirs – 
The Golden Hat-trap (1977) and The Golden Yardstick: In Quest of 
Hockey Excellence (2008). The amazing forward is likewise the main 
hockey player and the main Indian to include in the best 16 most 
notorious Olympians ever. 
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3. Dhanraj Pillay
• In spite of the fact that Dhanraj Pillay wasn't conceived in the 
brilliant age of Indian hockey, his name is first on the lips of players 
who have hypnotized us with unpredictable stickwork and mazy 
spilling. He made his introduction in December, 1989 and balanced 
his boots in August, 2004 after a radiant vocation which saw him 
skipper the Indian side too. 
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4. Leslie Claudius
• Conceived in 1927 in the town of Bilaspur in Chattisgarh (Bihar at that 
point), Leslie Claudius, alongside Udham Singh, has won the most 
Olympic decorations (3 Gold and 1 Silver) for India. He is viewed as the 
best half-back ever of game.
• He was the principal player to have spoken to India in four back to back 
Olympics and win 100 tops. He was supervisor of the Indian group at the 
1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, where India completed second, losing a 
firmly challenged last to Pakistan.
• In 1971, he was congratulated with the Padma Shri Award to praise his 
status as one of the best to have won
• Pillay is the main player to have spoken to the nation in 4 Olympics 
(1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004), 4 World Cups (1990, 1994, 1998 and 
2002), 4 Asian Games (1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002) and 4 Champions 
Trophies (1995, 1996, 2002 and 2003). Under his captaincy, India won 
the 1998 Asian Games and 2003 Asian Cup.
• His ability surely justified bounty a larger number of awards than he has 
in his kitty. Now and again, he without any help conveyed India to 
triumph and will stand out forever as the most skilled player to not have 
won an Olympic decoration.
• In 339 appearances for the national group, Pillay has scored 170 
objectives. He has been deliberated with the Padma Shri Award, Arjuna 
Award and is the main hockey player to have been granted the Rajiv 
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. 
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5. Udham Singh
• Initially from Jalandhar Punjab, Udham Singh was one of India's best 
players. Remaining at only 5 foot 6 inches and weighing only 58 kgs, he 
never given his little stature a chance to influence his diversion. He is 
the joint best Indian Olympian, winning 3 Olympic gold awards and 1 
silver decoration. He was a piece of the Helsinki (1952), Melbourne 
(1956) and Tokyo (1964) Olympic gold-winning groups separated from 
winning the silver at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
• He could have made his Olympic presentation as ahead of schedule as 
1948, yet finger damage kept him from turning into the main Indian to 
have spoken to the nation at five sequential Olympic Games. In addition, 
he could have likewise turned into the best Olympian by being a piece of 
the all-vanquishing 1948 Olympics hockey group. 
• After his playing vocation, the humble hockey player assumed 
responsibility for the Indian group as administrator winning the silver 
decoration at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 and the 1970 Asian Games in 
Bangkok. He was met with the Arjuna grant in 1965 for his commitment 
to Indian hockey
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