Balbir Singh Kular (2 May 1932 – 11 April 2021), predominantly known as Balbir Singh Jr., was an Indian

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player. He studied at

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and DAV College. He started his hockey career for

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and later represented

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and

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in the Indian Senior National Hockey Championship. He played for the Indian team that won the silver medal at the

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alongside his namesake Balbir Singh Sr. He joined the

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as an emergency commissioned officer in 1962 and retired in 1984 with the

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1932 births 2021 deaths Indian male field hockey players 20th-century Indian sportsmen Olympic field hockey players for India Field hockey players at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games field hockey players for India Field hockey players from Jalandhar Field hockey players from Punjab, India Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub