Bashir Ahmed (born 1941) is a retired Bangladeshi international field hockey player.

Early life

Bashir Ahmed was born in Mahut-tuli area in

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. He studied in

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. After he enrolled in the

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, he took part in field hockey, football, cricket and athletics. He was an active sportsman during the late '50s and '60s. The Dhaka clubs he played for included Mohammedan Sporting, Victoria Sporting, Brothers Union and National Bank of Pakistan (now Sonali Bank).

Career

Field hockey

National Hockey Chamionship

Ahmed represented

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in the National Hockey Championship for several years. He was also a member of the East Pakistan Sports Federation's hockey team that won the only match in the history of the championship. This match against

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was played at

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on 1 April 1967.

Side matches against foreign teams

During the 1960s, Bashir played a number of side matches against foreign field hockey teams visiting

International matches against foreign teams

Ahmed played two international matches from the Pakistan field hockey team against visiting foreign hockey teams. These matches were played against teams of

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and

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. Both of these matches were played at

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. In both of these matches, he played at right-out position.

Coaching and umpiring

Ahmed served as the coach of the Bangladesh women's hockey team. He was an international hockey umpire.

Football

Ahmed was a referee in domestic football. He was also the chairman of Bangladesh Football Federation's Referees' Committee.

Awards

* Best Sportsperson Award by the East Pakistan Sports Press Association (1966) *

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(1980) in field hockey * Grameenphone-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award * Star Lifetime Award (2016)

References

Living people 1941 births Sportspeople from Dhaka Pakistani male field hockey players Bangladeshi male field hockey players University of Dhaka alumni Recipients of the Bangladesh National Sports Award {{Bangladesh-sport-bio-stub