Lala Abdul Rashid or Abdul Rashid (1 June 1922 – 8 March 1988) was a member of Pakistan's
gold medal winning
1960 Olympic 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 ...
team. He played as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
throughout the tournament.
Early life and education
Born in
Rawalpindi,
British India
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on 1 June 1922, he originated from a Kashmiri Butt family whose parents migrated from Kashmir in early 1900s. He studied at ''Danny's High School'' in Rawalpindi and then joined
Gordon College (Pakistan)
Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi is a government college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that was established as a church school in 1893. The college is named after Andrew Gordon.(Muhammad AsifGordon College Rawalpindi: A victim of flawed policiesP ...
, where he played hockey. After graduation, he was selected to play for
University of Punjab
The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...
,
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...
and played for them in 1942.
International career
Rashid represented Pakistan at the Olympics and was part of the team that won the gold medal at the
1960 Rome Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
. During the whole tournament only one goal was scored against Pakistan whereas Lala Abdul Rashid was able to stop all the scoring efforts by other teams. Pakistan won the Olympics gold in field hockey for the first time since
independence of Pakistan in 1947. Abdul Rashid also served as the team coach of Pakistan in the late 1970s. He also held the position of
Asian Hockey Federation general manager for few months, but quickly stepped down. He was highly respected in the hockey world and was instrumental in raising field hockey's profile to an international level, winning an emerging player award in 1960. Rashid died in Rawalpindi on 8 March 1988 at the age of 65.
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Awards and recognition
*Pride of Performance
The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...
Award by the President of Pakistan in 1970.Lala Abdul Rashid's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website
Retrieved 15 May 2021
See also
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Muhammad Rashid (field hockey, born 1941)
References
External links
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1922 births
1988 deaths
Field hockey players from Rawalpindi
Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan
Pakistani male field hockey players
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Pakistan
Government Gordon College alumni
20th-century Pakistani people
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