What is Balbir Singh Sr.?
[[File:Shri Balbir Singh.jpg|right|200px]] '''Balbir Singh Dosanjh''' (31 December 1923 – 25 May 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/hockey-news/hockey-icon-balbir-singh-sr-dies-olympic-gold-chandigarh.html | title=Triple Olympic Gold-winning Hockey Icon Balbir Singh Sr Passes Away | publisher=Republic World | date=25 May 2020 | access-date=25 May 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/ Oldest Living Olympians]</ref> was an Indian [[field hockey|hockey]] player and coach. He was a three-time Olympic gold champion after participating<ref name=OlympicDosanjh>{{Cite web| title=Singh on song for India | url=https://www.olympic.org/balbir-singh-dosanjh | work=IOC|access-date=5 July 2017}}</ref> in India's wins in [[1948 Summer Olympics|London (1948)]], [[1952 Summer Olympics|Helsinki (1952)]] (as Vice Captain), and [[1956 Summer Olympics|Melbourne (1956)]] (as Captain) Olympics.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120424/sports.htm#4 Balbir Singh Senior stakes claim for Bharat Ratna]. The Tribune, 24 April 2012.</ref> He was seen as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.<ref name=Macleans>{{Cite news| title=The greatest hockey player ever| url=http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/the-worlds-most-underappreciated-hockey-legend/ | work=Maclean's Magazine | location=Toronto | date=6 March 2016 | access-date=5 July 2017 | first=Charlie | last=Gillis}}</ref> He was born in [[Punjab]], [[British India]]. Singh Sr. died on 25 May 2020 of [[bronchopneumonia]]-related problems at the age of 96.<ref>[https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/end-of-an-era-hockey-legend-balbir-singh-sr-dies/1845061 End of an era: Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh Sr., Balbir}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Indian field hockey players]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for India]] {{sports-bio-stub}}