Woke up to this sad news: The legend Balbir Singh Sr. Sir is no more. #OmShanti #LegendBalbirSinghSenior
Starting a thread on him now.
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His world record for most goals scored by an individual in the men''s hockey final of the Olympics still remains unbeaten. @TheHockeyIndia
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Balbir Sr. was a forward,one of the most decorated athletes in Indian sports history with Olympic gold medals in 1948, 1952 and 1956 Games. @KirenRijiju @TheHockeyIndia

He also coached the Indian team to its first and only World Cup win in 1975 in Malaysia. @KirenRijiju @sports_odisha @Olympics @flickersingh @OGQ_India

In the 2018 historical sports-drama film based upon the national hockey team's title at the 1948 Summer Olympics he portrayed the role of Himmat Singh,a character inspired by Balbir Singh Sr. @GOLDMOVIE2018
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Here is the #Gold @sunnykaushal89 character of Himmat Singh

#AForgottenLegend It's a book on him by a Canada based author #PatrickBlennerhassett
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