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India Olympic Hockey Team
British India

Hockeystadion, Berlin

Team Roster vs USA (August 7, 1936). 7-0 India.
Dhyan Chand (captain), Roop Singh, Earnest Goodsir-Cullen, Lionel Emmett, Sayed Jaffar, Ahmed Sher Khan, Gurcharan Singh, Joe Phillips, Ahsan Muhammad Khan, Joe Galibardy, Cyril Michie (goalkeeper).

Spares
Sayad Mohammed Hussain, Nimal Baburao (Babu/Baboo Nimal), Shabban Shahab-ud-Din, Carlyle Tapsell, Shahab-ud-Din, Ali Dara, Mirza Masood, Peter Fernandes, Richard Allen (goalkeeper).

Coach - Jagan Nath Chhabra
Team Manager - Swammi Jagan Nath

On August 15, 1936 before a crowd of 40,000 fans, India beat Germany 8-1 to win its hat trick of Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, 1936). Dhyan Chand scored 3 of those goals, also losing a tooth in the match when he collided with the German goalkeeper. Chand played the second half of the match barefoot to increase his running speed, which he scored 2 goals in.

Olympic Field Hockey Champions 1936
Games of the XI Olympiad in Berlin, Germany

During the tournament, the Indian team scored 38 goals but only allowed the 1 goal scored by Germany against them.

This was the last Hockey team of undivided India.

Each country was allowed to enter a team of 22 players and they all were eligible for participation. A total number of 214 field Hockey players were entered.

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