Chaudhry Ghulam Rasul (1 May 1931 – 24 December 1991) was a Pakistani

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as well as a

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player. He was originally from

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but later settled in

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. Rasool was an integral part of the Pakistani field hockey team from 1956 through 1963.

Education and career

Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool studied at Punjab Agricultural College, Lyallpur from 1948 to 1954 and obtained his MSc degree in Agriculture. He began his teaching career as a lecturer at

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, but soon joined Rehabilitation Department where he worked as Deputy Settlement Commissioner. Later, he received his master's degree from

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and completed a PhD degree within three years at the University of Wisconsin, returning to Pakistan to join as Principal of Aitchison College, Lahore. Later, he was appointed

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University of Agriculture, Faisalabad The University of Agriculture (UAF) is a public research university in Faisalabad, Pakistan. It is the largest university of Pakistan by area, with a covered area of 2,550 acres. It is ranked as a top university of Pakistan for Agriculture/Vete ...

for three years. Thereafter, he joined the Punjab Agriculture Development Corporation as a managing director. This was followed by his appointment as Secretary of the Punjab Animal Care Department in Pakistan. He retired as Secretary of the Agriculture Department in Punjab.Biographical encyclopedia of Pakistan: millennium 2000, 2001, p 184, Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy – Pakistan. During all these years, Rasool also represented Pakistan in numerous international conferences, seminars, and delegations. Rasool was also the Honorary Secretary of Pakistan Association of Science and was the first Asian ever to receive the International Alumni Medallion Award from

, which was called the 'Life Achievement Award'. He was recipient of a number of distinctions and "Gold Medals".

As a sportsman (1956–63)

Rasool was the captain of university hockey team and won inter-university tournament championships. Later he was included as a member of the Pakistan national hockey team and played many international matches. He was a member of the team at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 where Pakistan won the Olympic silver medal. Two years later, he represented Pakistan in

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Hockey, held in

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, and again won a silver medal. In 1960, Rasool captained the Pakistan hockey team at the Rome Olympics and won an

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by defeating the arch-rival

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in the finals. In 1962, Rasool again captained the Pakistan hockey team that participated in ''

Hockey'', held in

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. He once more led his team to the gold medal, again defeating India in the finals. After retirement from active hockey, Rasool was appointed first as Secretary and later as President of the

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(PHF). He was also the PHF Selection Committee chairman.

Awards and recognition

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Award by the

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in 1970Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website
Retrieved 10 July 2019

Olympic family relation(s)

One of his sons, Akhtar Rasool was also an Olympic hockey player. He captained the Pakistan Hockey Team in the 1982

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competition and won a

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for Pakistan by defeating India in the finals.Profile of Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool on Dawn (newspaper)
Published 28 March 2017, Retrieved 10 July 2019

References

External links

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