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Pakistani field hockey player (1927–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdul Hamid Hamidi (7 January 1927 – 11 July 2019) was a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born in Bannu. He scored 48 International goals in just 55 appearances for Pakistan. He won silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics and gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Nationality | British Indian
(1927-1947) Pakistani (1947-2019) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Ghoriwala, Bannu, British India | 7 January 1927||||||||||||||
Died | 11 July 2019 92) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan (laid to rest at Judge Kila Graveyard, Ghoriwala, District Bannu, Pakistan) | (aged||||||||||||||
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Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||
Position | Right-in | ||||||||||||||
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After his retirement from professional competition, he managed the national team on several occasions, including during the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games. He also served as the secretary general of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. As of 2017, he lived in Islamabad.[1][2][3]
He died on 11 July 2019, in Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, at the age of 92.[4]
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