Feroze Khan (field hockey) explained

Feroze Khan
Birth Date:9 September 1904
Birth Place:Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
Death Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Clubs1:Uttar Pradesh
Clubs2:Aligarh University
Clubs3:Bombay Customs
Nationalteam1:India
Nationalyears1:1928
Updated:27 March 2024

Feroze Khan (9 September 1904  - 21 April 2005) was a field hockey player who represented India at the Summer Olympic Games. At the time of his death, he was the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of US athlete James Rockefeller in 2004. Khan was part of India's Olympic hockey team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, who won the gold medal for the event.[1] At the club level, Khan played for Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh University and the Bombay Customs.[2] After his death, Roger Beaufrand of France became the oldest living Olympic gold medal winner.[3]

Khan was a Daanishmandan Pathan. His son Farooq Feroze Khan, followed a career in the Air Force and became the only PAF officer ever to serve as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan's senior military appointment.

After the creation of Pakistan, he moved to the new country, and lived in Karachi where he served as a well-respected coach. He died of natural causes at the age of 100.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World's oldest Olympian Feroze Khan passes away . Daily Times . April 22, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050506055154/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-4-2005_pg2_3 . May 6, 2005 .
  2. News: Feroze, world's oldest Olympian, dead. 10 February 2018. Press Trust of India. The Times of India. 22 April 2005.
  3. http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/newsletter_full_story_uk.asp?id=2080 Olympic Newsletter