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Full name | Om Prakash Malhotra | ||||||||||||||||
Born | United Provinces, British India | ||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Halfback | ||||||||||||||||
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Om Prakash Malhotra was an Indian field hockey player who played as a halfback. He was part of the India national team that won gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.[1][2] He was a member of the Indian team that toured Afghanistan in 1952 and Malaya and Singapore in 1954. He also played for his State team United Provinces in the Indian national championships.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ India, a reference annual, Volume 2009. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1957. p. 128.
- ^ India's Olympics History Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today
- ^ "INDIAN HOCKEY FED. TEAM ARRIVE TUESDAY". The Straits Times. 3 February 1954. p. 13. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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