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	'''Muniswamy Rajgopal''' (24 March 1926 – 3 March 2004)<ref>{{cite web \|title=March Birthday Listings \|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/janmadin/march.htm \|publisher=bharatiyahockey.org \|access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref> was an Indian [[field hockey]] player. He was a member of the [[India men's national field hockey team\|~~Indian~~ national team]] that won gold medal at the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]]. He was from his home State of [[Mysore State\|Mysore]] (now [[Karnataka]]) to win an Olympic medal.<ref name="dh1">{{cite web \|last1=Chander \|first1=N. J. Ravi \|title=How I came to love hockey \|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/right-in-the-middle/how-i-came-to-love-hockey-864449.html \|website=Deccan Herald \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|language=en \|date=23 July 2020}}</ref>		'''Muniswamy Rajgopal''' (24 March 1926 – 3 March 2004)<ref>{{cite web \|title=March Birthday Listings \|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/janmadin/march.htm \|publisher=bharatiyahockey.org \|access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref> was an Indian [[field hockey]] player. He was a member of the [[India men's national field hockey team\|India national team]] that won gold medal at the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]]. He was from his home State of [[Mysore State\|Mysore]] (now [[Karnataka]]) to win an Olympic medal.<ref name="dh1">{{cite web \|last1=Chander \|first1=N. J. Ravi \|title=How I came to love hockey \|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/right-in-the-middle/how-i-came-to-love-hockey-864449.html \|website=Deccan Herald \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|language=en \|date=23 July 2020}}</ref>

	Rajgopal was a versatile player and played as a [[Field hockey#Positions\|wing forward]] or inside-right on either wings.<ref name="Malaya">{{cite news \|title=INDIAN HOCKEY FED. TEAM ARRIVE TUESDAY \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540203-1.2.177 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=3 February 1954 \|page=13 \|language=en-SG}}</ref><ref name="Malaya54">{{cite news \|title=India hockey tourists establish their class \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540215-1.2.142 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=15 February 1954 \|page=12 \|language=en-SG}}</ref> He was nicknamed 'the artful dodger' for his stickwork.<ref name="dh1"/> Rajgopal's contributions to hockey was recognized with Karnataka's [[Rajyotsava Award]] in 2000.<ref name="Manju"/>		Rajgopal was a versatile player and played as a [[Field hockey#Positions\|wing forward]] or inside-right on either wings.<ref name="Malaya">{{cite news \|title=INDIAN HOCKEY FED. TEAM ARRIVE TUESDAY \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540203-1.2.177 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=3 February 1954 \|page=13 \|language=en-SG}}</ref><ref name="Malaya54">{{cite news \|title=India hockey tourists establish their class \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540215-1.2.142 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=15 February 1954 \|page=12 \|language=en-SG}}</ref> He was nicknamed 'the artful dodger' for his stickwork.<ref name="dh1"/> Rajgopal's contributions to hockey was recognized with Karnataka's [[Rajyotsava Award]] in 2000.<ref name="Manju"/>
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	== Career ==		== Career ==
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	A member of the Mysore team for 15 years from 1945 that competed in the national championships, Rajgopal was also an instrumental part of his employers' team, Hindustan Aircraft (now Hindustan Aeronautics). With the team, he won the [[Beighton Cup]] in 1951, defeating Pakistan's Lahore Bata 1–0 in the final. He toured East Africa twice, first with the undivided Indian team in 1945, and with the Indian team post-independence in 1947–48. He played alongside [[Dhyan Chand]] in the forward line for India and drew frequent comparisons to him from the press. He was called 'Dhyan Chand of the [[Deccan]]'. India scored 13 goals in the gold-~~medal~~ winning campaign of the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]] and teammate [[Balbir Singh Sr.]] remarked, "We couldn't have got many of the goals, but for the presence of Rajagopal."<ref name="Manju">{{cite book \|last1=Raipalli \|first1=Dr Manjunath Sahadevappa \|title=A ~~CASE STUDY ON CONTRBUTION OF KARNATAKA HOCKEY PLAYERS TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN HOCKEY~~ \|isbn=978-1-387-71237-3 \|pages=71–74 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GulVDwAAQBAJ \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>		A member of the Mysore team for 15 years from 1945 that competed in the national championships, Rajgopal was also an instrumental part of his employers' team, Hindustan Aircraft (now Hindustan Aeronautics). With the team, he won the [[Beighton Cup]] in 1951, defeating Pakistan's Lahore Bata 1–0 in the final. He toured East Africa twice, first with the undivided Indian team in 1945, and with the Indian team post-independence in 1947–48. He played alongside [[Dhyan Chand]] in the forward line for India and drew frequent comparisons to him from the press. He was called 'Dhyan Chand of the [[Deccan]]'. India scored 13 goals in the gold medal-winning campaign of the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]] and teammate [[Balbir Singh Sr.]] remarked, "We couldn't have got many of the goals, but for the presence of Rajagopal."<ref name="Manju">{{cite book \|last1=Raipalli \|first1=Dr Manjunath Sahadevappa \|title=A Case Study on Contribution of Karnataka Hockey Players towards the Development of Indian Hockey \|isbn=978-1-387-71237-3 \|pages=71–74 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GulVDwAAQBAJ \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

	With the Indian team, Rajgopal also toured [[South India]] and [[Ceylon]] in 1947, Africa in 1952 and [[Indian field hockey team in Malaya and Singapore\|Malaya and Singapore in 1954]].<ref name="Malaya"/> In the 1954 tour, he scored ten goals in 11 matches played.<ref>{{cite news \|title=The Indians succeed in their mission \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540311-1.2.189 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=11 March 1954 \|page=14}}</ref> His game drew comparisons to [[Dhyan Chand]] and the Malayan press labeled him 'another Chand'.<ref name="Malaya54"/>		With the Indian team, Rajgopal also toured [[South India]] and [[Ceylon]] in 1947, Africa in 1952 and [[Indian field hockey team in Malaya and Singapore\|Malaya and Singapore in 1954]].<ref name="Malaya"/> In the 1954 tour, he scored ten goals in 11 matches played.<ref>{{cite news \|title=The Indians succeed in their mission \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540311-1.2.189 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=11 March 1954 \|page=14}}</ref> His game drew comparisons to [[Dhyan Chand]] and the Malayan press labeled him 'another Chand'.<ref name="Malaya54"/>
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	'''Muniswamy Rajgopal''' (24 March 1926 – 3 March 2004 ~~in [[Bangalore]]~~) was an [[~~India~~]]n [[field hockey]] ~~player.~~		'''Muniswamy Rajgopal''' (24 March 1926 – 3 March 2004)<ref>{{cite web \|title=March Birthday Listings \|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/janmadin/march.htm \|publisher=bharatiyahockey.org \|access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref> was an Indian [[field hockey]] player. He was a member of the [[India men's national field hockey team\|Indian national team]] that won gold medal at the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]]. He was from his home State of [[Mysore State\|Mysore]] (now [[Karnataka]]) to win an Olympic medal.<ref name="dh1">{{cite web \|last1=Chander \|first1=N. J. Ravi \|title=How I came to love hockey \|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/right-in-the-middle/how-i-came-to-love-hockey-864449.html \|website=Deccan Herald \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|language=en \|date=23 July 2020}}</ref>
	~~This Olympic~~ gold medal ~~winner in~~ 1952, Helsinki, was ~~the first~~ Olympic ~~winner for Karnataka~~. ~~A member of the undivided Indian team that toured East Africa in 1945, Rajagopal was renowned for his prodigious stickwork skills and hence rightly called the~~ "~~Artful Dodger~~". ~~Having made his mark on that tour of East Africa under the legendary Dhyan Chand, Rajagopal moved from strength~~ to ~~strength~~ in ~~his reputation as a remarkable play~~-~~maker on~~ the ~~left flank~~.

	~~A member of~~ the ~~Karnataka team~~ for ~~15 years from 1945, Rajagopal was also instrumental in~~ his ~~employers team Hindustan Aircraft, now Hindustan Aeronautics, winning the oldest~~ hockey ~~tournament of the world _ the Beighton Cup in Kolkata _~~ in ~~1951~~.		Rajgopal was a versatile player and played as a [[Field hockey#Positions\|wing forward]] or inside-right on either wings.<ref name="Malaya">{{cite news \|title=INDIAN HOCKEY FED. TEAM ARRIVE TUESDAY \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540203-1.2.177 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=3 February 1954 \|page=13 \|language=en-SG}}</ref><ref name="Malaya54">{{cite news \|title=India hockey tourists establish their class \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540215-1.2.142 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=15 February 1954 \|page=12 \|language=en-SG}}</ref> He was nicknamed 'the artful dodger' for his stickwork.<ref name="dh1"/> Rajgopal's contributions to hockey was recognized with Karnataka's [[Rajyotsava Award]] in 2000.<ref name="Manju"/>

	~~Known~~ for ~~his sharp hockey acumen~~, ~~Rajagopal~~ was also the ~~coach~~ of the ~~State teams,~~ in ~~various age~~-~~groups on numerous occasions~~, the ~~most notable among them~~ the ~~1975 Junior Nationals triumph in Pune~~.		== Career ==
			=== As player ===
			A member of the Mysore team for 15 years from 1945 that competed in the national championships, Rajgopal was also an instrumental part of his employers' team, Hindustan Aircraft (now Hindustan Aeronautics). With the team, he won the [[Beighton Cup]] in 1951, defeating Pakistan's Lahore Bata 1–0 in the final. He toured East Africa twice, first with the undivided Indian team in 1945, and with the Indian team post-independence in 1947–48. He played alongside [[Dhyan Chand]] in the forward line for India and drew frequent comparisons to him from the press. He was called 'Dhyan Chand of the [[Deccan]]'. India scored 13 goals in the gold-medal winning campaign of the [[1952 Helsinki Olympics]] and teammate [[Balbir Singh Sr.]] remarked, "We couldn't have got many of the goals, but for the presence of Rajagopal."<ref name="Manju">{{cite book \|last1=Raipalli \|first1=Dr Manjunath Sahadevappa \|title=A CASE STUDY ON CONTRBUTION OF KARNATAKA HOCKEY PLAYERS TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN HOCKEY \|isbn=978-1-387-71237-3 \|pages=71–74 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GulVDwAAQBAJ \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

	~~He was~~ also ~~the coach of the National~~ team in the ~~inaugural Junior World Cup tournament held~~ in ~~Paris~~ in ~~1979~~.		With the Indian team, Rajgopal also toured [[South India]] and [[Ceylon]] in 1947, Africa in 1952 and [[Indian field hockey team in Malaya and Singapore\|Malaya and Singapore in 1954]].<ref name="Malaya"/> In the 1954 tour, he scored ten goals in 11 matches played.<ref>{{cite news \|title=The Indians succeed in their mission \|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19540311-1.2.189 \|access-date=24 May 2022 \|work=The Straits Times \|date=11 March 1954 \|page=14}}</ref> His game drew comparisons to [[Dhyan Chand]] and the Malayan press labeled him 'another Chand'.<ref name="Malaya54"/>

	~~Rajagopal~~ was also the ~~recipient~~ of the State ~~Government's Rajyotsava Award~~ in ~~2000~~.		=== As coach ===
			Known for his sharp hockey acumen, Rajgopal was also the coach of the State teams, in various age-groups on numerous occasions, the most notable among them the 1975 Junior Nationals triumph in Pune. He was also the coach of the national team in the inaugural Junior World Cup tournament held in Paris in 1979.<ref name="Manju"/>

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'''Muniswamy Rajgopal''' (24 March 1926 – 3 March 2004 in [[Bangalore]]) was an [[India]]n [[field hockey]] player.
This Olympic gold medal winner in 1952, Helsinki, was the first Olympic winner for Karnataka. A member of the undivided Indian team that toured East Africa in 1945, Rajagopal was renowned for his prodigious stickwork skills and hence rightly called the "Artful Dodger". Having made his mark on that tour of East Africa under the legendary Dhyan Chand, Rajagopal moved from strength to strength in his reputation as a remarkable play-maker on the left flank.

A member of the Karnataka team for 15 years from 1945, Rajagopal was also instrumental in his employers team Hindustan Aircraft, now Hindustan Aeronautics, winning the oldest hockey tournament of the world _ the Beighton Cup in Kolkata _ in 1951.

Known for his sharp hockey acumen, Rajagopal was also the coach of the State teams, in various age-groups on numerous occasions, the most notable among them the 1975 Junior Nationals triumph in Pune.

He was also the coach of the National team in the inaugural Junior World Cup tournament held in Paris in 1979.

Rajagopal was also the recipient of the State Government's Rajyotsava Award in 2000.

==References==
*[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/janmadin/march.htm March Birthdays]

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