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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (1932–2021)}}<br />
{{About|the hockey player born in 1932 who was a major in the Indian Army|other hockey players with the same name|Balbir Singh (disambiguation){{!}}Balbir Singh}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Balbir Singh Jr.<br />
| full_name = Balbir Singh Kular<br />
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| caption = <br />
| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| sport = [[Field hockey]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|5|2|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sansarpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]] (present-day Sansarpur, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|11|1932|5|2|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chandigarh]], Chandigarh, India<br />
| event = Men's team<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[1958 Asian Games|1958 Tokyo]] | [[Field hockey at the 1958 Asian Games|Team]] }}<br />
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes<br />
| allegiance = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| branch = {{Army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = 1962-1984<br />
| rank = [[File:Major of the Indian Army.svg|25px]] [[Major (rank)|Major]]<br />
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}}<br />
'''Balbir Singh Kular''' (2 May 1932 – 11 April 2021), predominantly known as '''Balbir Singh Jr.''', was an Indian [[field hockey]] player. He studied at [[Lyallpur Khalsa College]] and DAV College. He started his hockey career for [[Panjab University]] and later represented [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]] and [[Services Sports Control Board|Services]] in the [[Indian Senior National Hockey Championship]]. He played for the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian team]] that won the silver medal at the [[1958 Asian Games]] alongside his namesake [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/balbirsenior/legends2.htm|title=Legends of Hockey - 2|website=www.bharatiyahockey.org}}</ref> He joined the [[Indian Army]] as an emergency commissioned officer in 1962 and retired in 1984 with the [[rank of major]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/hockey-player-balbir-singh-junior-passes-away/article34310888.ece|title=Hockey player Balbir Singh Junior passes away|date=13 April 2021|website=Sportstar}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1932 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men's field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1958 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games field hockey players for India]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Jalandhar]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey]]<br />
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