Lal Shah Bokhari
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| Full name | Syed Lal Shah Bokhari | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 January 1906[1] Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
22 July 1959 (aged 53) Baghdad, Iraq | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left-half | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1921-1926 | Government College, Lahore | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1927-1931 | Government College, Lahore | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1932 | British India | (0[2]) | |||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 2 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Lal Shah Bokhari (Urdu: لال شاہ بخاری;
13 January 1906 – 22 July 1959) was a British India field hockey player. He was captain of the 15-member British Indian field hockey team in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
1932 Olympics[edit]
In 1932, he was the captain[3] of the British India_men's national field hockey team, which won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics. There were total three teams in the tournament and every team played two matches. He played both the matches from his team.
The British Indian team, troubled by groupism (natives vs Anglo-Indians) that surfaced when Lal Shah Bokhari was named captain ahead of Broome Eric Pinniger, arrived in Los Angeles to a rousing greeting.[4]
Opts for Pakistan[edit]
At the time of partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, he was serving as Hajj Officer to the Government of India and stationed at Delhi. He opted for Pakistan upon the country's independence from Britain and served as a diplomat for Pakistan -- his last posting being Pakistan's ambassador to Iraq.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://books.google.com/books/about/Asia_Who_s_Who.html?id=YkVEAAAAIAAJ The Asia Who's Who, 1957, p. 50
- ^ http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/goal/1932/ p. 12
- ^ 1932. Bharatiya Hockey.
- ^ 1932 Olympics Games - India's dominance continues. The Hindu.
External links[edit]
- Lal Shah Bokhari at Olympedia
- Lal Bokhari's profile at databaseOlympics.com
- Lal Bokhari's profile at Sports Reference.com
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