List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympics explained

This is a list of all field hockey players who have captained Indian national men's and women's field hockey team at the international level in Olympics. The list includes all Indian captains since the period of 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Men's

Name Year Rank Venue Birth Death
1928 20 March 1970 (aged 67) in New Delhi
1932 22 July 1909 in Faisalabad, Punjab (Pakistan) 22 July 1959 (aged 50) in Baghdad, Iraq
Dhyan Chand1936 3 December 1979 (aged 74) in Delhi
1948 3 June 1980 (aged 63) in Madras
1952 27 March 1978 (aged 56) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Balbir Singh Sr.1956 25 May 2020 (aged 96) in Mohali, Punjab
1960 20 December 2012 (aged 85) in Kolkata, West Bengal
1964 27 January 2022 (aged 90) in Una, Himachal Pradesh
1968 11 February 1936 in Peshawar, Pakistan
28 January 1932 in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan
Gurbux is alive
Prithipal Singh- 20 May 1983 (aged 51) in Ludhiana
1972 Alive
1976 7th Position 1 April 1947 in Sansarpur, PunjabAlive
1980 Alive
1984 5th Position Alive
1988 6th Position 8 May 1959 in Coorg, KarnatakaAlive
Pargat Singh[1] 1992 7th Position Alive
Pargat Singh[2] 1996 8th Position Alive
Ramandeep Singh[3] 2000 7th Position Alive[4]
2004 7th Position25 November 1977 in Sundergarh, OdishaAlive
Bharat Chetri[5] 2012 12th Position Alive
P. R. Sreejesh[6] 2016 8th position 8 May 1988 in Kochi, KeralaAlive
2020 Alive

Women's

Name Year Rank Venue Birth Death
1980 4th position Alive
2016 12th position Alive
2020 4th position Alive

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team). 17 August 2011.
  2. Web site: Short Biography of Pargat Singh (Former captain of the Indian hockey team). 17 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Short Biography of Raman deep Singh Grewal. 17 August 2011.
  4. Web site: Olympic Men's Hockey Captains of India.
  5. Web site: Walmiki, Rupinderpal axed from Olympic hockey squad.
  6. Web site: Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016. The Indian Express. 13 July 2016. 13 July 2016.