Balbir Singh Sr. B a l b i r   S i n g h   S e n i o r
P h o t o   G a l l e r y		 Balbir Singh Sr.
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O Captain, My Captain
This rare photograph shows 7 Olympians, spanning 6 Olympic Games, with 5 of the players having captained India in the Olympics.

The Olympic heroes shown in the photograph have collectively earned a total of 14 gold medals for India.

The photograph was taken during a Punjab Government sports seminar in the 1970s. The team captains are:

1936 (Berlin) - Dhyan Chand (front row, center)
1948 (London) - Kishan Lal (third row, right)
1956 (Melbourne) - Balbir Singh Sr. (first row, right)
1960 (Rome) - Leslie Claudius (second row, right)
1964 (Tokyo) - Charanjit Singh (second row, left)

Other Olympians in the picture are Grahanandan (Nandi) Singh (1948, 52) and Balkrishan Singh (1956).
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Olympics		 1956
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World Cup		 1975
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Asiad		 Balbir Sr.
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