| Manzoor Hussain Atif | |
| Birth Date: | 1928 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Gujrat, Punjab, British India |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
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Brigadier (R) Manzoor Hussain Atif (4 September 1928 – 8 December 2008) was a former secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation and an Olympian in the game of field hockey.[1] In 1994, he was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.[2]
Atif started as a soldier in the Pakistan Armed Forces and eventually reached the rank of a Brigadier before he retired from the army.[1] Later while Atif was involved with the Pakistan Hockey Team, the team won one Olympic gold medal in 1960 and two Olympic silver medals in 1956 and again in 1964.[1] He is regarded as one of the most successful Olympians of Pakistan.
Atif died on 8 December 2008 in Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan at age 80.[5] He was a passionate person as a field hockey player as well as a Pakistan Hockey Team manager. Pakistan won its second Olympic gold medal at Mexico City in 1968 and then at Los Angeles in 1984 when he was their team manager.[5] [6] He was a highly respected person in the field hockey world.[5] Qasim Zia and Asif Bajwa of the Pakistan Hockey Federation paid rich tributes to Atif at a memorial ceremony event held at Lahore, after his death. Qasim Zia said, "He was not only a pure administrator but also a very polite and humble person."[7]