Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah is a former Indian hockey goalkeeper and coach.

Early life

He was born in Madikeri ( Kodagu district,

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) into the Kodava community. He played hockey for his school, St. Michael's Madikeri, as a fourteen year old. He was a product of

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(SAI) hostel,

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Career

Subbaiah has participated in the

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. He was part of the 1998 gold-winning

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Indian team. He is a recipient of the

Arjuna Award The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...

. Between 1988 and 1998, he took part in 285 international matches. He represented and captained the Indian hockey team between the years 1987 and 2007.

Awards

Subbaiah was conferred with an honorary doctorate from the Mangalore University by Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka.

Retirement

He is a commentator, coach, manager, administrator, umpire and selector as well. He was part of the Hockey India disciplinary panel as well. A B Subbaiah is also part of the 13-member Hockey India committee. He is the Hockey Karnataka secretary since 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Subbaiah, A.B. Olympic field hockey players of India Indian male field hockey players Recipients of the Arjuna Award Indian field hockey coaches Kodava people Living people People from Kodagu district Field hockey players from Karnataka Year of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in field hockey Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1990 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 1998 Asian Games