Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah is a former Indian hockey goalkeeper and coach.

Early life

He was born in

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Kodagu Kodagu district () (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative List of districts of Karnataka, district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged ...

district,

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) into the Kodava community. He played hockey for his school, St. Michael's Madikeri, as a fourteen year old. He was a product of

Sports Authority of India The Sports Authority of India, SAI, was set up in 1984 to carry forward the legacy of the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi under the Department of Sports. SAl has been entrusted with promoting sport in India and achieving sporting excellen ...

(SAI) hostel,

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Career

Subbaiah has participated in the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

. He was part of the 1998 gold-winning

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

Indian team. He is a recipient of the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ...

. Between 1988 and 1998, he took part in 285 international matches. He represented and captained the Indian hockey team between the years 1987 and 2007.

Awards

Subbaiah was conferred with an honorary doctorate from the

Mangalore University Mangalore University commonly known as, MU is a public university in Konaje, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. In 2021, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awarded Mangalore University 'B' grade. As on 2024, Prof. P L Dharma took ...

by Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka.

Retirement

He is a commentator, coach, manager, administrator, umpire and selector as well. He was part of the Hockey India disciplinary panel as well. A B Subbaiah is also part of the 13-member

Hockey India Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men's and women's field hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting the ...

committee. He is the Hockey Karnataka secretary since 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Subbaiah, A.B. Olympic field hockey players for India Indian male field hockey players Recipients of the Arjuna Award Indian field hockey coaches Kodava people Living people People from Kodagu district Field hockey players from Karnataka Year of birth missing (living people) Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games field hockey players for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1990 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in field hockey Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey