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	'''Balwant Singh''' (1945 – 14 November 2010), popularly known as '''Ballu''',<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://sportstaronnet.com/tss2639/stories/20030927005300600.htm\|title=Volleyball shows the way\|date=27 Sep – 3 Oct 2003\|work=[[Sportstar]]\|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[volleyball]] player, considered a star of the [[India men's national volleyball team]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/15/stories/2010121555662000.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220044252/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/15/stories/2010121555662000.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=20 December 2010\|title=Narender Singh does the star turn for Haryana\|last=Keerthivasan\|first=K.\|date=15 December 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> His son Narender is a professional volleyball player who plays for the Indian volleyball Team. Kaul village panchayat also organised Balwant Singh Memorial tournament after his death in the village.		'''Balwant Singh''' (1945 – 14 November 2010), popularly known as '''Ballu''',<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://sportstaronnet.com/tss2639/stories/20030927005300600.htm\|title=Volleyball shows the way\|date=27 Sep – 3 Oct 2003\|work=[[Sportstar]]\|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[volleyball]] player, considered a star of the [[India men's national volleyball team]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/15/stories/2010121555662000.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220044252/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/15/stories/2010121555662000.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=20 December 2010\|title=Narender Singh does the star turn for Haryana\|last=Keerthivasan\|first=K.\|date=15 December 2010\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> His son Narender is a professional volleyball player who plays for the Indian volleyball Team. Kaul village panchayat also organised Balwant Singh Memorial tournament after his death in the village.Belongs to [[Ror\|RØR]] Community.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	[[Image:~~Ballu~~.jpg\|thumb\|right\|290px\|Balwant Singh ''Ballu'' in a photo]]		[[Image:Balwant Singh (volleyball player, born 1945).jpg\|thumb\|right\|290px\|Balwant Singh ''Ballu'' in a photo]]
	Balwant Singh was born in 1945 in the [[Kaul, Kaithal\|Kaul village]] of [[Haryana]] state's [[Kaithal district]].<ref name="TT">{{cite news \|title=Arjuna awardee Balwant Singh cremated \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/haryana.htm#4 \|accessdate=6 August 2020 \|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|date=16 November 2010 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322214437/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/haryana.htm#4 \|archivedate=22 March 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		Balwant Singh was born in 1945 in the [[Kaul, Kaithal\|Kaul village]] of [[Haryana]] state's [[Kaithal district]].<ref name="TT">{{cite news \|title=Arjuna awardee Balwant Singh cremated \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/haryana.htm#4 \|accessdate=6 August 2020 \|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)\|The Tribune]] \|date=16 November 2010 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322214437/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/haryana.htm#4 \|archivedate=22 March 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian volleyball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
'''Balwant Singh''' (1945 – 14 November 2010), popularly known as '''Ballu''',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportstaronnet.com/tss2639/stories/20030927005300600.htm|title=Volleyball shows the way|date=27 Sep – 3 Oct 2003|work=[[Sportstar]]|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[volleyball]] player, considered a star of the [[India men's national volleyball team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/15/stories/2010121555662000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220044252/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/15/stories/2010121555662000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2010|title=Narender Singh does the star turn for Haryana|last=Keerthivasan|first=K.|date=15 December 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> His son Narender is a professional volleyball player who plays for the Indian volleyball Team. Kaul village panchayat also organised Balwant Singh Memorial tournament after his death in the village.

==Biography==
[[Image:Ballu.jpg|thumb|right|290px|Balwant Singh ''Ballu'' in a photo]]
Balwant Singh was born in 1945 in the [[Kaul, Kaithal|Kaul village]] of [[Haryana]] state's [[Kaithal district]].<ref name="TT">{{cite news |title=Arjuna awardee Balwant Singh cremated |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/haryana.htm#4 |accessdate=6 August 2020 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |date=16 November 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322214437/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101116/haryana.htm#4 |archivedate=22 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sporting career===
Singh was a tall, ungainly youth. His height was {{convert|6|ft|6|in|m}} with correspondingly big hands and feet.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} He was from a modest background{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} and joined the [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) in Jalandhar, Punjab, which had a reputation for producing quality volleyball players at the time.<ref>{{cite news |first=Prabhjot |last=Singh |newspaper=The Tribune |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011118/spectrum/main1.htm |title=Punjab: The spirit of sport |date=18 November 2001 |accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref>

In the mid-1960s and into the 1970s, he was responsible for helping Punjab achieve national success,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/17/stories/2010121755101800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221102826/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/17/stories/2010121755101800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2010|title=Punjab through to quarterfinals|last=Keerthivasan|first=K.|date=17 December 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref> and he was awarded the country's top sporting honor, the [[Arjuna Award]],<ref name="obit"/> in volleyball in 1972 for his excellent sportsmanship and contribution to the national team.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} Singh played for India in Asian Games of [[Volleyball at the 1970 Asian Games|1970]], [[Volleyball at the 1974 Asian Games|1974]], and [[Volleyball at the 1978 Asian Games|1978]].<ref name="obit"/> He also played test matches for India in 1970, 1978 and 1980.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

The first National Volleyball Championship in which Singh took part was that of 1965, and he continued to play in the Nationals till 1988.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} Between 1968 and 1981, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] won National Championships 10 times largely due to the performance of Singh.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} He participated in the All India Police Games from 1966 to 1990 representing Punjab Police and BSF.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

===Death and legacy===
Singh ran a volleyball academy in Kaul, and a stadium was named after him.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} He died in November 2010.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/16/stories/2010111664961700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120190406/http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/16/stories/2010111664961700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2010|title=Sagwal passes away|date=16 November 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=12 November 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian men's volleyball players]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from Haryana]]
[[Category:People from Kaithal district]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1974 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Volleyball players at the 1978 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:1945 births]]

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