| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing | ||
| Men's Field hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1964 Tokyo | Team | |
| Asian Games | ||
| 1962 Jakarta | Team | |
Darshan Singh Kular (born 15 April 1938 in Sansarpur, Punjab) is a former Indian field hockey player who now lives in Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom. In 1961, he played for India in the international hockey tournament at Ahmedabad and scored 22 goals. In the semi-final, he scored a double hat-trick against Holland. He was part of the Indian Hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] He was then serving in the Punjab Police.[3] He emigrated to the UK from India in the late 1960s. In November 2025 he and his wife celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ India's Olympic History
- ↑ Darshan Singh profile[usurped] at sikhhockeyolympians.com
- ↑ Darshan Singh at Olympedia
- ↑ "Watch as Telford couple arrive in Rolls-Royce style to celebrate 70 years of marriage". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Darshan Singh at Olympedia
Categories:
- Field hockey players from Punjab, India
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Olympic gold medalists for India
- Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Indian male field hockey players
- Sportspeople from Telford
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- 1938 births
- Field hockey players at the 1962 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games field hockey players for India
- Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey
- Indian field hockey biography stubs
- Indian Olympic medalist stubs
