Field Hockey Players at the 1928 Summer Olympics: Dhyan Chand, Richard Allen, Otto Ferdinand Muller Von Czernicki, Feroze Khan, Jaipal Singh

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 163. Not illustrated. Chapters: Dhyan Chand, Richard Allen, Otto Ferdinand Muller Von Czernicki, Feroze Khan, Jaipal Singh, William Goodsir-Cullen, Leslie Hammond, Henning Holst, Broome Pinniger, Rein de Waal, Otto Busch, Erik Husted, Guy Chevalier, Erich Zander, August Kop, Herbert Kemmer, Louis Diercxsens, Adolphe Goemaere, Emile Vercken, Arne Blach, Heinz Forstendorf, Paul Imbault, Herbert Hobein, Felix Grimonprez, Carl Malling, Paul Van de Rovaart, Corneille Wellens, Jan Ankerman, Fritz Horn, Adolf Fehr, Gerrit Jannink, Emile Duson, Konrad Fehr, Lambert Adelot, Paul Delheid, Marcel Lachmann, Robert Van Der Veen, Haas Visser 't Hooft, Adriaan Katte, Ab Tresling, Jan Brand, Frederic Seaman, Michael Rocque, Werner Freyberg, Rex Norris, Herbert Muller, Ali Shaukat, Maurice Gateley, Theodor Haag, George Marthins, Werner Proft, Kurt Haverbeck, Sayed Yusuf, Karl-Heinz Irmer, Bruno Boche, Heinz Woltje, Georg Brunner, Erwin Franzkowiak, Hans Haussmann, Gerd Strantzen, Aribert Heymann, Rolf Wollner, Otto Husted, Niels Heilbuth, Peter Koefoed, Peter Prahm, Borge Monberg, Hagbarth Dahlmann, Henry Madsen, Rene Mallieux, Aage Heimann, Claude Baudoux. Excerpt: Major Dhyan 'Chand' Singh (Hindi: August 29, 1905 December 3, 1979), better known as Dhyan Chand (Hindi: ) was an Indian hockey player, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time . A legendary center-forward, he is remembered for his goal-scoring feats, first as a player and later as captain. Chand won 3 Olympic gold medals (1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin) and was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 1956. He was the elder brother of fellow player Roop Singh. He got the title ' or Chand (literally Moon) from his first coach, Pankaj Gupta, who had predicted that he would one day shine like one. Even today, Chand remains a figure o..