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{{Infobox field hockey player<br />
|name= Roop Singh<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1908|09|08|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Jabalpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1977|12|16|1908|09|08|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place= [[Gwalior]], India<br />
|height= 6 feet<br />
|position= [[Field hockey#Positions|Left-in]]<br />
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|nationalteam1= [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
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{{MedalSport | Men’s [[Field Hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|British India|name=India}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}<br />
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'''Roop Singh''' (8 September 1908 – 16 December 1977) was an Indian [[Field Hockey|hockey]] player. He was part of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian field hockey team]] which won gold medals for India at 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. He was the younger brother of [[Dhyan Chand]].<ref>{{Britannica|105366|Dhyan Chand}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
His 3 goals against Japan and 10 goals against USA, in the Los Angeles Summer Olympics 1932, are remembered as his best in his sports career. He was in the armed forces.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Roop Singh was the younger brother of [[Dhyan Chand]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roop Singh Bais|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/roop-singh-bais|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805104619/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/roop-singh-bais|archive-date=2021-08-05|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> Playing for India, he won the gold medal in the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games.{{cn|date=August 2021}}<br />
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Roop Singh's family was based in [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].{{cn|date=August 2021}} His son, Bhagat Singh played hockey for India and his grandson Uday Singh also play Hockey. His father Subedar Sameshwar Dutt Singh was in army.{{cn|date=August 2021}}<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
The [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]] in [[Gwalior]], named after Singh, was originally a hockey stadium before it was converted into a cricket venue in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |title= Indian Hockey Association |url= http://www.gwaliorplus.com/indian-hockey-association-was-founded-in-gwalior/ |publisher= Gwalior Plus |accessdate= 26 August 2013}}</ref> A street in [[Munich]] was named after him following his impressive performance at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/legend/encounters/page2.htm Encounters]. bharatiyahockey.org.</ref> He was also among the only three Indian players, the others being [[Dhyan Chand]] and [[Leslie Claudius]] to have the tube stations in [[London]] renamed in the run-up to the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/london-olympics/Hockey-legends-make-London-tube-station-list/articleshow/12552565.cms | title=Hockey legends make London tube station list | first=Satya Siddharth | last=Rath | date=6 April 2012 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=26 May 2018 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/roop-singh-1.html Profile at Sports Reference]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812043117/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SINGHROO01 Profile at ''databaseOlympics.com'']<br />
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{{Olympic medalists for India}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 1932 Summer Olympics}}<br />
{{India FH Squad 1936 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for India]]<br />
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[[Category:Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
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