PENALTY KING PRITHIPAL<\/p>\n
He was dubbed the world’s most feared penalty corner specialist<\/p>\n
Played in three successive Olympic Games hockey competitions for India.<\/p>\n
1960 Rome Olympics — Silver
\n1964 Tokyo Olympics — GOLD
\n1968 Mexico Olympics — Bronze<\/p>\n
At the Tokyo Olympics he netted eleven of the 22 goals India scored.<\/p>\n
After India’s disappointing display in Mexico, Prithipal retired from the sport.<\/p>\n
Was born in Nankana Sahib ( now Pakistan) on 28 January 1932 to a school teacher father ( Sadar Wadhawa Singh), who was also an agriculturalist.<\/p>\n
He excelled in sports and studies earning himself a Masters in Science degree from the Punjab Agriculture University.<\/p>\n
After graduating he joined Punjab Police and had toured Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n
On retiring from hockey after the Mexico Olympics, he became the Sports & Student Welfare Director at Punjab Agriculture University.<\/p>\n
May 20th 1983 Prithipal was murdered. The killers to date have never been traced.<\/p>\n
Prithipal was the first hockey player to be decorated the ARJUNA Award (1961) and the PADMA SHRI Award (1967).<\/p>\n
A movie based on his gun biography “PRITHIPAL SINGH”, was released in 2015.<\/p>\n
Prithipal…. a forgotten hockey legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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