Hockey India Condoles Death Of Balbir Singh Junior

New Delhi, 13 April 2021: Hockey India on Tuesday condoled the dying of Balbir Singh Junior who performed alongside legends like Balbir Singh Donsanjh, popularly often called Balbir Singh Senior in addition to Leslie Claudius, Prithipal Singh, Balkishan, Charles Stephen amongst different prime gamers. Balbir Singh Junior was a part of the Indian Team that gained Silver on the Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan in 1958.

The octogenarian lived in Chandigarh after retiring as Major within the Indian Army. Balbir Singh Junior hailed from Sansarpur (Jalandhar) often called the hockey nursery of India. Like many youngsters from the village, Balbir Singh Junior too took to hockey early in his life, on the age of six and he was chosen to play for India in 1951 when the Indian Hockey Team toured Afghanistan. He was additionally a part of the Punjab state hockey group and likewise Captained the Punjab University Team. Later in his profession he additionally represented the Indian Railways Hockey group that toured European nations equivalent to Spain, Switzerland and Italy. They additionally performed Test matches in Netherlands.

Expressing his tribute to Balbir Singh Junior, Hockey India President Gyanendro Ningombam mentioned, “On behalf of Hockey India, I express my deepest condolences to Balbir Singh Junior’s family. His contribution to Indian hockey will always be remembered and the hockey fraternity mourns his demise.”