Gurdev Singh Kular (born 12 August 1933) is a former Indian field hockey player, originally from Sansarpur. He was part of the Indian field hockey team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which won the gold medal. He was also a member of the field hockey team for the 1958 Tokyo and 1962 Jakarta Asian Games, the latter of which he was captain for. He was also the captain of the gold-medallist Punjab team in the national hockey championship in Bhopal same year. In 1964, he led a team tour to Afghanistan as captain.[1]
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Full name | Gurdev Singh Kular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1933-08-12) August 12, 1933 (age 89) Sansarpur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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India squad – 1956 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (6th Title) | ||
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India squad – 1958 Asian Games – Silver medal | ||
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India squad – 1962 Asian Games – Silver medal | ||
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