Arshad Ali Chaudhry (April 10, 1950 – June 11, 2015) was an international field hockey player from

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. He is the son of Chaudhry Sadique Salar, nephew of

Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool Chaudhry Ghulam Rasul (1 May 1931 – 24 December 1991) was a Pakistani educationist as well as a field hockey Olympic player. He was originally from Faisalabad District but later settled in Lahore. Rasool was an integral part of the Pakis ...

, and cousin of

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Early life and education

Chaudhry was born in

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(formerly

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) District of

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, Pakistan. He earned his B.A. from Government College Faisalabad where he was also the captain of college hockey team. He got an M.A. in history from

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, Lahore in 1973. In 1975 he was selected Assistant Manager in PIA.

Career

Chaudhry was selected for the Punjab University Hockey team in 1971 for the Inter-Varsity Hockey Championship held at

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. The team won the Inter-Varsity Championship the following year. Chaudhry remained an active hockey international player in the Pakistani national team from 1971 through 1976 and played as right half-back. He represented Pakistan in over 33 national and international matches. He represented Pakistani Men's hockey team which participated in the 1975 third World Cup Hockey, held at

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and won the

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. In 1976 he participated in the

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held at

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and won a bronze medal.The complete book of the Olympics, 1984, p 277, David Wallechinsky – Sports & Recreation. He retired from active hockey after the

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in 1976 and died in June 2015 at the age of 65.Arshad Chaudhry's obituary
Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 June 2015, Retrieved 5 July 2018

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhry, Arshad 1950 births 2015 deaths Pakistani male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Olympic bronze medalists for Pakistan Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games field hockey players for Pakistan Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in field hockey