Muneer Sait Explained

Player Name:Muneer Sait
Birth Date:27 May 1940
Birth Place:Madras (now Chennai), Madras Presidency
(now in Tamil Nadu), British India)

Muneer Sait (sometimes spelled Munir Sait, born 27 May 1940)[1] is a retired Indian field hockey goalkeeper.

Sait was the goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The Indian team won the bronze medal that year.

Sait is from Chennai. He has been chosen as tournament director on more than one occasion. He was also chosen as a part of the five member selection committee by the Hockey India in 2009. He lives in Chennai and is also associated with the Squash Rackets Federation of Tamil Nadu.

For his work on field hockey, the International Hockey Federation awarded Sait the President's Award in 2005.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Munir Sait . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/munir-sait-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 2 June 2016.
  2. Web site: President's Award . International Hockey Federation . 18 January 2010 . 29 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100129204628/http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1181-195394-212617-46527-294453-custom-item,00.html.
  3. News: Honour for Munir Sait . 18 January 2010 . 4 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604104351/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/17/stories/2005121705071900.htm . Chennai, India . dead . . 17 December 2005.