Hardyal Singh (28 November 1928 – 17 August 2018) was an Indian

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player who lived in the state of

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. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in

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.India's Olympic History
He died on 17 August 2018.

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* * 1928 births 2018 deaths People from Lucknow district Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh Olympic field hockey players for India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award {{India-Olympic-medalist-stub