NEW DELHI, June 15: Balbir Singh Sr and Leslie Claudius part of Indian hockey teams that won gold medals at three successive Olympic Games from 1948 are among 34 gold medal winners to be felicitated by Hockey India at a function here on June 24.
“It is our way of recalling the contribution of these legends to our sport and to the country,” Hockey India Secretary-General Narinder Batra said.
“The London Games hockey competition will be the first Olympics after the formation of Hockey India and we want to avail the opportunity to celebrate their gold medal winning feats.
“I am sure the presence of the hockey legends will boost the Indian team that will leave for France and Spain to prepare for the competition at the Olympic Games in London.
The sight of the gold medals can be most inspirational,” Batra said, indicating that invitations have been sent out to the gold medal winning players.
At 87 years of age, Balbir Singh Sr is the oldest of the Indian Olympic gold medalists. Keshav Dutt, G Nandy Singh, Jaswant Singh, Raghbir Lal and Col Haripal Kaushik have been part of two gold medal winning teams.
The list of 34 invitees are: Balbir Singh Sr, Keshav Dutt, Leslie Claudius, G Nandy Singh, Jaswant Singh, Raghbir Lal, RS Bhola, Hardayal Singh, Haripal Kaushik, A.S Bakshi, Gurdev Singh, Charanjit Singh, Gurbux Singh, Harbinder Singh, Dharam Singh, Balbir Singh, Ali Sayeed, Darshan Singh, V Bhaskaran, Bir Bahadur Chettri, Allan Schofield, Sylvanus Dung Dung, Rajinder Singh, Davinder Singh, Gurmail Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, MM Sommaiya, Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, Charanjit Kumar, Mervyn Fernandis, Amarjit Singh Rana, Mohammed Shahid, Zafar Iqbal and Surinder Singh Sodhi. (UNI)
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