Today we bring you the journey of Indian Hockey Team in Los Angeles 1932 Summer Games. Los Angeles 1932 was the tenth edition of the Modern Olympic Games which started at Athens in 1896. The Olympic Games were hosted at Los Angeles, USA. The Indian Team was led by Lal Shah Bokhari and GD Sondhi was the Manager of this team. India successfully defended their Olympic title and gold medal that they won in 1928. This was second of the 8 gold they won before introduction of astro-turf.
Indian Hockey Team in Los Angeles 1932 (Squad)
| SN | Hockey Player | No of Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lal Shah Bokhari (C) | |
| 2 | Dhyan Chand | 12 Goals |
| 3 | Roop Singh | 13 Goals |
| 4 | Richard Allen | NA, Goalie, 0 goals conceded |
| 5 | Leslie Hammond | |
| 6 | Frank Brewin | |
| 7 | Carlyle Tapsell | |
| 8 | Richard Carr | 1 Goal |
| 9 | Mohammed Aslam | |
| 10 | Broome Pinniger | 1 Goal |
| 11 | William Sullivan | |
| 12 | Arthur Hind | |
| 13 | Masud Minhas | |
| 14 | Gurmeet Singh Kullar | 8 Goals |
| 15 | Syed Mohammed Jafar |
Indian Hockey Team in Los Angeles 1932 (Matches)
Indian Hockey Team in Los Angeles 1932 Summer Games won the tournament defeating Japan 11-1, & USA 24-1.
| Date | Opponents | Winners | Margin | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-Aug | Japan | India | 11–1 | Chand (4), Roop (3), Gurmeet (3), Carr (1) |
| 11-Aug | USA | India | 24-1 | Roop (10), Chand (8), Gurmeet (5), Pinniger (1) |
This was the journey of Indian Hockey Team in 1932 Summer Games. It was an exhibition of Hockey Skills by the two brothers Dhyan Chand & Roop Singh who outscored every other player. Roop Singh top-scored for India and ended as the leading scorer of the tournament with 13 goals while Dhyan Chand ended with 12, thus 25 out of 35 goals were shared by these two.
Richard Allen was once again brilliant with defending the goalpost and barring the two goals he wouldn’t give any inch gap to opponents, forming a very tight cauldron with defenders. India, thus, won their second Olympic Gold Medal at the 1932 Summer Games. This is it for today. Hope you liked the content; we enjoy reading your thoughts and questions, don’t forget to comment.
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