Tribute To Dhyan Chand-Wizard of Hockey
World Cup 2007 is just around the corner.Will India repeat 1983 ?Will David lift the coveted cup like Kapil devils did in 1983 prudential world cup? Will he ?Wont he ?....Typical hamletian dilemma .Bets are placed running to thousands of crores. Sacin Saurav last world cup ! Will they fire with their cylinders ?India-Pakistan match is real hot one that world looks forward. ......or a moment ferget everyone,,...ferget sachin , sania whose victories neevr met with world bests standards ...meet Dhyan Chand the greatest.
Major Dhyan Chand Singh (1905-08-29–1979-12-03) was a former Indian hockey player and Olympian who is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. He got the title "Chand" or (moon) from his first coach, Pankaj Gupta, who had predicted that he would one day shine like a chand or moon.
Dhyan Chand who was called the Wizard of Hockey played as though ball was stuck to the stick! SO much so , Tokyo officials during one of his travels broke his hockey stick while looking fer somesticking device inside.
Indians were leading 1-0 at the half timein 1936 summer olympics at Berlin . In second half, they scored 7 goals. After trailing 0-6, the Germans getting scared of him are reported to have resorted to body play. In a clash with the German goalkeeper, Dhyan Chand broke one of his teeth,Returning after first aid, and after India were leading by eight goals - Dhyan Chand having scored six - he advised his players to a play possession game and teach the Germans a lesson in good, clean Hockey . India won the match 8-1, with Dhyan Chand scoring 6 goals.
A reporter said about Dhyan Chand's performance - "With a flick of the wrist, a quick glance of his eyes, a sharp turn and then another turn, and Dhyan Chand was through".
Impressed by his performance, Adolf Hitler supposedly offered to make Dhyan Chand a Field Marshal in the German army, but the latter refused
Dhyan chand one of the best players to date , has a statue of his in Vienna , built by a sports club there. The staute shows Dhyan Chand with 4 hands and 4 hockey statue . Quite a compliment
Aug 29 is observed as National Sports Day coz its Dhyan Chand s birthday.
In the world of designers shoes and shoes specially made specifically fer each sport .Dhyan Chand in Olympic games against Germany played bare foot and scored 7 goals to take the country to a massive win
Hockey is the only sport in india that has india an olympic gold .Not once but 8 times .
Chand however died penniless and uncared for in a hospital, receiving a meagre pension. Dhyan Chand was very sad to see India finish seventh at the Montreal Olympics, 1976. The Indian team included his son, Ashok Kumar. When he was on his deathbed at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, he reportedly told a doctor that Indian hockey was dying. He then went into a coma and died in 1979.
A year after his death, the Indian Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in his honour. In addition, Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi is named in his honor.
World Cup 2007 is just around the corner.Will India repeat 1983 ?Will David lift the coveted cup like Kapil devils did in 1983 prudential world cup? Will he ?Wont he ?....Typical hamletian dilemma .Bets are placed running to thousands of crores. Sacin Saurav last world cup ! Will they fire with their cylinders ?India-Pakistan match is real hot one that world looks forward. ......or a moment ferget everyone,,...ferget sachin , sania whose victories neevr met with world bests standards ...meet Dhyan Chand the greatest.
Major Dhyan Chand Singh (1905-08-29–1979-12-03) was a former Indian hockey player and Olympian who is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. He got the title "Chand" or (moon) from his first coach, Pankaj Gupta, who had predicted that he would one day shine like a chand or moon.
Dhyan Chand who was called the Wizard of Hockey played as though ball was stuck to the stick! SO much so , Tokyo officials during one of his travels broke his hockey stick while looking fer somesticking device inside.
Indians were leading 1-0 at the half timein 1936 summer olympics at Berlin . In second half, they scored 7 goals. After trailing 0-6, the Germans getting scared of him are reported to have resorted to body play. In a clash with the German goalkeeper, Dhyan Chand broke one of his teeth,Returning after first aid, and after India were leading by eight goals - Dhyan Chand having scored six - he advised his players to a play possession game and teach the Germans a lesson in good, clean Hockey . India won the match 8-1, with Dhyan Chand scoring 6 goals.
A reporter said about Dhyan Chand's performance - "With a flick of the wrist, a quick glance of his eyes, a sharp turn and then another turn, and Dhyan Chand was through".
Impressed by his performance, Adolf Hitler supposedly offered to make Dhyan Chand a Field Marshal in the German army, but the latter refused
Dhyan chand one of the best players to date , has a statue of his in Vienna , built by a sports club there. The staute shows Dhyan Chand with 4 hands and 4 hockey statue . Quite a compliment
Aug 29 is observed as National Sports Day coz its Dhyan Chand s birthday.
In the world of designers shoes and shoes specially made specifically fer each sport .Dhyan Chand in Olympic games against Germany played bare foot and scored 7 goals to take the country to a massive win
Hockey is the only sport in india that has india an olympic gold .Not once but 8 times .
Chand however died penniless and uncared for in a hospital, receiving a meagre pension. Dhyan Chand was very sad to see India finish seventh at the Montreal Olympics, 1976. The Indian team included his son, Ashok Kumar. When he was on his deathbed at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, he reportedly told a doctor that Indian hockey was dying. He then went into a coma and died in 1979.
A year after his death, the Indian Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in his honour. In addition, Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi is named in his honor.
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