Surjit Singh
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10 October 1951 Surjit Singh Wala, Batala, Gurdaspur, Punjab, India |
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| Died | 6 January 1984 (aged 32) Kartarpur, Jalandhar, Punjab, India |
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| Height | 5'11" (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sardar Surjit Singh Randhawa (October 10, 1951 – January 6, 1984) was an Indian field hockey player, who played for India national field hockey team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He was a full back and captain of India field hockey team.
Born in Batala, Punjab, he studied Guru Nanak School, Batala and later at Lyallpur Khalsa College at Jalandhar, where he started playing university level hockey tournaments.
After finishing college he joined the Punjab Police Force for a few years. He made his debut in the second Hockey World Cup in Amsterdam in 1973. He also played for India in the Munich Olympics in 1972, the 1974 and 1978 Asian Games, the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978, and the 1982 World Cup held at Bombay. He was also the part of the winning team in 1975 Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. He was included in the World Hockey XI in 1973 and the All-Star Hockey XI the next year. He was also the top scorer-both in the Esanda International hockey Tournament at Perth in Australia and the 1978 Asian Games. In his career he was able to score 4 Olympic goals. Initially he worked briefly with Indian Railways and Indian Airlines and finally with Punjab Police.
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