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Major Dhyan Chand (29 August 1905 – 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded by many as the greatest field hockey player in world history.
Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player who was considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. Chand is most remembered for his goal-scoring feats and for his three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey, while India was dominant in the sport.
Leading India's charge was their centre-forward hockey player, Dhyan Chand, who top-scored with 14 goals in 5 matches en route to a gold medal in their debut appearance.
Star of the Indian hockey team that dominated the sport in the years before World War II, the prolific Dhyan Chand played a key role in India’s three consecutive gold hauls at the Olympic Games - in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
Aug 14, 2020 · Dhyan Chand’s younger brother Roop Singh and Mahmood Jaffer were the stars of the group stages as the Indian hockey team, banked on the side’s attacking prowess, to record huge wins.
Aug 6, 2021 · Some of the stories about Dhyan Chand’s prowess with a hockey stick are difficult to confirm while others are definitely apocryphal. It is said that once his sublime skill and close control of the ball aroused such suspicion that his stick was broken to see whether there was a magnet inside.
Aug 7, 2021 · Indian field hockey player, Dhyan Chand (Aug. 29, 1905 - Dec. 3, 1979) Rohit Brijnath. New Delhi, UPDATED: Aug 7, 2021 13:08 IST. They say you can judge a man’s legend by the quality of myths that surround him. By that measure itself Dhyan Chand was an extraordinary man.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday inaugurated a first-of-its-kind museum dedicated to hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand in Jhansi where the hockey wizard was brought up.
New Delhi- Hockey wizard Dhyan Chand who mesmerized the world with his brilliant stick work for more than three decades, passed away at 4-23 a.m. at the All Indian Institute of Medical...
Dhyan Chand won three gold medals as a center-forward for India and is considered the greatest hockey player ever. He learned the game from British army officers and had his first international competition in 1926 on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
