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Jansen - 1
Hockey Wizard Dhyan Chand
Like Pele and Don Bradman, Dhyan Chand has a seat reserved at the table of legends. Myths surround Dhyan Chand, though he has no reams of literature to record his brilliance, nor highlight films for us to gasp at.

They broke his stick in Holland (1928) to check for a magnet; the Japanese (1932) decided it was glue; Adolf Hitler (1936) offered to make him a corporal.

When Dhyan Chand was diagnosed with liver cancer at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences, they dumped him in the general ward. A journalist's article eventually got him moved to a special room.

His funeral was held in his hometown Jhansi, on the ground he played on. Players came, but it seemed a little late. The opening words of his autobiography state, "You are doubtless aware that I am a common man."

He wasn't, but he died like one. - courtesy Rohit Brijnath
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Bullet 1947 East
African Tour 		1948 Olympic
Team		 Bullet
Bullet 1948 Olympic
Ceremony - 1 		1948 Olympic
Ceremony - 2		 Bullet
Bullet 1948 Olympic
Final		 1948 Olympic
Champions		 Bullet
Bullet Hockey in
Bengal		 Hockey in
Kolkatta		 Bullet
Bullet Beighton
Cup		 Dhyan
Chand		 Bullet

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