Joginder Singh (field hockey)

Joginder Singh (3 August 1939 – 6 November 2002), nicknamed "Gindi", was an Indian hockey player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He was born in Delhi.

After retiring, he settled in Kolkata, where he worked as a sports officer for the Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), which was later renamed the South Eastern Railway (SER).

He died at age 63 after a protracted kidney illness.

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1939 births

2002 deaths

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Olympic field hockey players for India

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Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Indian male field hockey players

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Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Asian Games silver medalists for India

Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games