Indian
Hockey is indebted to Major Dhyan Chand for his contributions towards
the sports. Major Dhyan Chand had unique, charismatic way of playing
hockey. So much so, that people started doubting that he used some kind
of magnet or glue in his stick to grab hockey ball easily.
Once he was in Holland, his stick was broken to clear their doubt and while he was in France, Adolf Hitler even offered to buy his hockey stick. Not only this, Hitler even wished that he would become colonel in the German Army.
Dhyan Chand’s Biography
Dhyan Chand was born on 29th August, 1905 at Allahabad. His father was in the British Indian army who had influenced his son to join Army at the age of 16.
As soon as Dhyan Chand joined the army, he started playing hockey. His concentrated and calculated way of playing hockey with amazing stick work enforced army to take the decision to allow him to take part in the inter-provincial hockey championship and made an immediate impact on the national hockey scene.
From the very outset, Dhyan Chand became the promissory player and started picking up ranks of the Indian hockey. After that, his name was recommended for the Indian hockey team selected for New Zealand tour.
After that amazing tour, he never looked back, and he had added many feathers in his cap by bringing laurels to the country by playing at national and International level. He rose in international hockey like a meteor and kept shining like the Sun. He won 3 gold medals in three successive Olympics games held in Amsterdam, Los Angles and Berlin in the year 1928, 1932 and 1936 respectively.
After an illustrious career of 30 years, Dhyan Chand had taken retirement from international hockey in 1949. He retired as Major and was also the Chief Hockey Coach at the National Institute of Sports. In 1951, the first ever Asian Games were held In India was named after this great player and at the entrance, houses a giant statue of the legendary player... Read More
Once he was in Holland, his stick was broken to clear their doubt and while he was in France, Adolf Hitler even offered to buy his hockey stick. Not only this, Hitler even wished that he would become colonel in the German Army.
Dhyan Chand’s Biography
Dhyan Chand was born on 29th August, 1905 at Allahabad. His father was in the British Indian army who had influenced his son to join Army at the age of 16.
As soon as Dhyan Chand joined the army, he started playing hockey. His concentrated and calculated way of playing hockey with amazing stick work enforced army to take the decision to allow him to take part in the inter-provincial hockey championship and made an immediate impact on the national hockey scene.
From the very outset, Dhyan Chand became the promissory player and started picking up ranks of the Indian hockey. After that, his name was recommended for the Indian hockey team selected for New Zealand tour.
After that amazing tour, he never looked back, and he had added many feathers in his cap by bringing laurels to the country by playing at national and International level. He rose in international hockey like a meteor and kept shining like the Sun. He won 3 gold medals in three successive Olympics games held in Amsterdam, Los Angles and Berlin in the year 1928, 1932 and 1936 respectively.
After an illustrious career of 30 years, Dhyan Chand had taken retirement from international hockey in 1949. He retired as Major and was also the Chief Hockey Coach at the National Institute of Sports. In 1951, the first ever Asian Games were held In India was named after this great player and at the entrance, houses a giant statue of the legendary player... Read More
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