| 词条 | Balbir Singh Kular |
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| name = Balbir Singh Kular | image = | caption = | headercolor = lightsteelblue | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = Balbir Singh (Services) | nationality = Indian | residence = Jalandhar | ethnicity = Khullar | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|04|05|df=yes}}[1] | birth_place = Sansarpur | alma_mater = Cant. Board School, Jalandhar | occupation = Indian Army Officer (Colonel) | years_active = | website = | country = India | sport = Field hockey | event = Men's team | team = India (International) Services (National) Punjab State (National) | retired = 1970s | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Men's field hockey }}{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}{{MedalCompetition | Summer Olympics }}{{MedalBronze | 1968 Mexico City | Team }}{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}{{MedalGold | 1966 Bangkok | Team }} | show-medals = yes | module2 = Also served as a coach, manager and selector for the Indian national hockey team | updated = 9 June 2012 }} Colonel Balbir Singh Kular (VSM, born 5 April 1945) is an Indian field hockey player (half-back). He is also known as Balbir Singh Kullar/Khullar, or simply as Balbir Singh. Balbir Singh was born in the Sansarpur village of the Jalandhar district, and later settled in the Jalandhar city. As part of the Indian Universities Hockey Team, he played in Afghanistan in 1962. In 1964, he represented the Punjab state in the National Hockey Championship at Delhi. In 1965, Balbir Singh joined the Indian Army and later, rose to the rank of Colonel. As a member of the national hockey team, he toured Europe (1966–1968), Japan (1966), Kenya (1967) and Uganda (1968). Balbir Singh was part of the India hockey teams that won the Asian Games Gold in 1966 and the Olympic Bronze in 1968.[2] He scored three goals in the 1968 Olympics. During 1965–1974, Balbir Singh represented the Services team in the National Hockey Championship of India. He was the captain of the Services team that won the Bombay Gold Cup in 1971. Balbir Singh retired from active play in the 1970s due to knee problems. He coached the ASC hockey team during 1970–1980. He then coached the Central Zone team (1981), the Indian men's hockey team (1982) and the women's hockey team (1995–98). With him as the coach in 1982, the Indian men's team won Bronze at the Champions Trophy in Amsterdam, Silver at the Asian Games in Delhi and Silver at the 1982 Esanda World Hockey Championship in Melbourne. He also served as a selector for the Indian national hockey team from March 1987 to July 1987, and as its manager for during the Indo-Pan American Hockey Championship (Chandigarh) in 1995. Balbir Singh later served as the President of Sansarpur Hockey Association. His autobiography Sansarpur to London Olympics was launched by the Indian Army General V K Singh in 2012.[3] Awards and recognition
Balbir Singh was one of the four players to be featured on the special commemorative stamp released on 31 December 1966 by India Post, as a tribute to the Gold medal win at the 1966 Asian Games; the other three were Vinood Kumar, John Victor Peter and Mukhbain Singh.[4] References1. ^Bharatiya Hockey {{DEFAULTSORT:Kular, Balbir Singh}}2. ^MS Unnikrishnan (29 May 2012), Tracing the history of Indian hockey: From ‘Sansarpur to London Olympics’. The Tribune, Chandigarh. 3. ^Olympian Balbir Singh Kular’s autobiography launched. IBN Live, 29 May 2012. 4. ^Field Hockey stamp: India 15 : 1945 births|Living people|Field hockey players from Jalandhar|Olympic bronze medalists for India|Olympic field hockey players of India|Olympic medalists in field hockey|Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Indian male field hockey players|Indian Army officers|Recipients of the Arjuna Award|Asian Games medalists in field hockey|Field hockey players at the 1966 Asian Games|Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Asian Games gold medalists for India|Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games |
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