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3 kwi 2021 · India goalkeeper Richard Allen had to do very little and ended the tournament without conceding a single goal - a record only matched by the Indian team which won gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. It was also the first Olympic gold medal won by Asia in the modern Olympics.
Allen, who kept India's goal in 3 consecutive Olympics (1928, 1932, 1936), conceded a total of only 3 goals in the 3 Olympics and won 3 gold medals. The Amsterdam Games marked the debut of a Lance Naik from the Indian Army - the 'Hockey Wizard' Dhyan Chand.
India competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The men's field hockey team won the gold medal, beginning a streak that continued through the 1956 Games.
26 maj 2020 · The Indian hockey team that played the 1928 Olympic final. Standing (left to right): Richard Allen, Maurice Gateley, Leslie Hammond, Dhyan Chand, Eric Pinniger, George Marthins and William...
The Indian men’s hockey team has won eight Olympic gold medals in all, six of them in a row (from 1928-1956) and added two more at Tokyo 1964 and Moscow 1980. Let’s have a closer look at the staggering run the Indian hockey team enjoyed during this glorious period.
26 maj 2020 · The Indian hockey team that played the 1928 Olympic final. Standing (left to right): Richard Allen, Maurice Gateley, Leslie Hammond, Dhyan Chand, Eric Pinniger, George Marthins and William...
The first group of Indian sportsmen to ever visit the United States was the Indian hockey team for the 1932 Olympics. India retained the Olympic Gold it had first won in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The scores were: India 11 - Japan 1 (Dhyan Chand 4, Roop Singh 3, Gurmeet Singh 4)
