Balbir Singh Grewal (born 21 September 1945), also known as Balbir Singh (Railways), is a retired Indian

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player. He played for

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in the Indian Senior National Hockey Championship. He was part of the Indian teams that won the bronze medal at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

, gold medal at the

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games (), also known as the V Asiad, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. Taiwan and Isr ...

and silver medal at the

1970 Asian Games The 6th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1970 in Bangkok, Thailand.- - Seoul, South Korea, had been selected to host the 6th Games but it declined due to both financial reasons and security threats from neighboring North Korea. (T ...

. His brother was the Indian hockey international Gurbux Singh Grewal.

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* 1945 births Living people Indian male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for India Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Faisalabad Field hockey players from Punjab, India {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub