Major Dhyan Chand was the primary celebrity of hockey, thought-about a wizard or magician of the sport. He was the chief protagonist as India received three consecutive Olympic hockey gold medals — Amsterdam 1928, Los Angeles 1932, and Berlin 1936. He is claimed to have wowed the watching public together with his chic expertise, intricate dribbling and gluttonous scoring capability.
During these tournaments, there was no staff that would compete with India — and many of the matches noticed large victory margins.
India beat hosts the Netherlands 3-0 within the 1928 ultimate, the United States had been thrashed by a scarcely-believable margin of 24-1 within the 1932 gold medal match, whereas Germany went down 8-1 within the 1936 decider.
In all, Dhyan Chand performed 12 Olympic matches, scoring 33 objectives.
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A uncommon video footage of Major Dhyan Chand’s interview to Prasar Bharti has surfaced the place the best hockey participant is narrating considered one of his journeys to Berlin Germany in 1963, the place he noticed how the European nations used to work laborious to be taught the artwork of dribbling from the Indian gamers.
“The Europeans realized the artwork of dribbling from Indian hockey gamers. I keep in mind in Berlin 1963, the photographers from Germany and the Netherlands used to attend India’s observe session. They used to take the images in gradual movement, quick movement and later within the night it was confirmed to their staff,” narrates Dhyan Chand.
“They used to watch, how our players are dribbling. Where are their hands, legs, what is the head position. Thye have practiced it over the period of time they aced the art of dribbling,” he provides.
The fashionable recreation is an altogether totally different sport from the one performed in Dhyan Chand’s period. The Europeans and Australians have turn into rather more proficient over the many years, whereas the change of floor has put a premium on health, velocity, stamina, and bodily power.
Dhyan Chand’s birthday, August 29, is widely known as National Sports Day with the President making a gift of the Arjuna Awards and the opposite honours — together with the one now named after Dhyan Chand himself.
An award for lifetime achievement in sport is already named after him. The Capital’s National Stadium was renamed Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will now be named after Dhyan Chand.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
