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10 Interesting Facts About Hockey Genius Dhyan Chand That Every Indian Should Know

by Shaurya Kharb
Jun 12, 2015
in Facts
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10 Interesting Facts About Hockey Genius Dhyan Chand That Every Indian Should Know

Major Dhyan Chand is the greatest hockey player of all time for his goal-scoring feasts and awesome ball control. Indian hockey team was world’s best team and won 3 Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936 and Major Dhyan Chand performed better than anyone else at that time. We collect some interesting facts the magician of hockey Major Dhyan Chand.

10 Interesting Facts About Hockey Genius Dhyan Chand That Every Indian Should Know

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1. 29 August is celebrated as National Sports Day in India because Major Dhyan Chand birthday.

2. He scored more than 400 goals during his international career between 1926 to 1948.

3. Pankaj Gupta, first coach of Dhyan Chand predicted he would one day shine like a “chand” (moon) and that’s how he got his surname. According to some other sources, he used to practice a lot during night and that’s why his fellow player called him “Chand”.

10 Interesting Facts About Hockey Genius Dhyan Chand That Every Indian Should Know

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4. After watching Dhyan Chand performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Hitler offered him German citizenship and higher army post. But Major Dhyan Chand turned it down.

5. The cricket legend Don Bradman once said “He scores goals like runs in cricket” after meeting him face to face.

6. Once in Netherlands, the authorities broke his hockey stick to check if there was any magnet inside because of his superb ball control.

7. Residents of Vienna, Austria, honoured Dhyan Chand by setting up a statue of him with four hands and four sticks, depicting his control and mastery over the ball.

10 Interesting Facts About Hockey Genius Dhyan Chand That Every Indian Should Know

8. India’s highest award for lifetime achievement in sports is the Dhyan Chand Award in honour of Major Dhyan Chand.

9. In 1956, at the age of 51, he retired from the army with the rank of Major.

10. The Government of India honoured him with  Padma Bhushan (India’s third highest civilian honour) the same year he retired.

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