2007-10-18 02:49:37 · 9 answers · asked by SRILU 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Dhyan Chand
2007-10-18 02:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by Lori M 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Major Dhyan Chand Singh (
August 29, 1905 – December 3, 1979) was a former Indian hockey player and is often regarded as the greatest player ever to play the game. He was part of the Gold winning Indian team in three Olympic Games (1928 Amsterdam , 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 1956. He got the title "Chand" or (moon) from his first coach, Pankaj Gupta, who had predicted that he would one day shine like a chand or moon. Dhyan Chand was affectionately called Dadda.
29 August, his birthday is celebrated as the National Sports Day in India. The President gives away sport-related awards such as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Dronacharya Award on this day at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
To commemorate his memory, the Government of India has instituted Dhyan Chand Award which is presented each year to those sportspersons who not only contribute through their performance but also contribute to the sport after their retirement.
On the field he was named the "Wizard of Hockey" for he exerted complete control on the ball. It appeared that the ball used to stick to his hockey stick while playing. So great was the magic of Dhyan Chand that the Tokyo officials broke his hockey stick to search for a magnet inside, and tried to console themselves saying he had added some sort of glue. On one occasion, a lady from the audience asked Dhyan Chand to play with her walking stick instead. He was supposidely so fast that TV analysis of his gameplay was rendered too slow! Once during a tour of Lyon in 1963, a female fan planted a kiss on Dhyan Chand despite him trying his best to avoid that.
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2007-10-18 11:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Aha!
That Wikipedia reference called Chand the "Wizard of Hockey", that means Steve Yzerman and Pierre Larouche can fight it out for "Hockey Wizard"................unless Roger Daltrey can skate!
2007-10-18 13:20:39 · answer #3 · answered by Canadian Biology Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Who sang about a pinball wizard
2007-10-18 11:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve Yzerman was the Wizard!
2007-10-18 10:19:20 · answer #5 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wish Yahoo would separate the two hockey sub-categories. They manage to do it for so many other things.
2007-10-18 12:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one and only Dhyan Chand
2007-10-18 10:26:09 · answer #7 · answered by sanjay k 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
What about the one and only Pierre Larouche?
2007-10-18 10:43:55 · answer #8 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lori's answer is correct..
Its Dhyan Chand
2007-10-18 10:20:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋