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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey coach (1948–2020)}}<br />
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| birth_date = 1948<br />
| birth_place = [[Kerala]]<br />
| death_date = 14 June 2020<br />
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| occupation = Field hockey coach<br />
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'''R. Sreedhar Shenoy''' was a [[field hockey]] coach from [[Kerala]], who popularised the game in the state. He is known as the ''[[Dronacharya]] of Kerala hockey.''<ref>{{Cite web|title='Dronacharya of Kerala hockey' Sreedhar Shenoy passes away - The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/sport/other/2020/jun/14/dronacharya-of-kerala-hockey-sreedhar-shenoy-passes-away-2156562.html|access-date=2021-06-26|website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><br />
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Shenoy is known for nurturing the majority of hockey coaches in Kerala. Several players, who coached under him, have gone onto play for [[Indian Railways]], [[Air India]] and Services.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Arun George|date=14 June 2020|title=R Sreedhar Shenoy, 72, a pioneering hockey coach dies {{!}} Hockey News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/r-sreedhar-shenoy-72-a-pioneering-hockey-coach-dies/articleshow/76372363.cms|access-date=2021-06-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He is said to have coached more than 35000 children and produced more than 5000 players including [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] Dinesh Naik, Subaida Salim, Geetha and Eliyamma Mathew.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala's hockey family fondly remembers veteran coach Sreedhar Shenoy|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2020/06/15/kerala-hockey-coach-sreedhar-shenoy-obit.html|access-date=2021-06-26|website=OnManorama}}</ref> He died on 14 June 2020 due to stomach related problems at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rayan|first=Stan|date=2020-06-14|title=Hockey {{!}} Sreedhar Shenoy passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/hockey-sreedhar-shenoy-passes-away/article31828041.ece|access-date=2021-06-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian field hockey coaches]]<br />
[[Category:Field hockey players from Kerala]]<br />
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