Gurdev Singh Kular (12 August 1933 – 8 February 2024) was an Indian field hockey player, originally from

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. He was part of the Indian field hockey team at the

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, which won the gold medal. He was also a member of the field hockey team for the 1958 Tokyo and 1962 Jakarta Asian Games, captaining the team in the latter competition. He was also the captain of the gold-medallist Punjab team in the national hockey championship in Bhopal same year. In 1964, he led a team tour to Afghanistan as captain. Singh died in

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, England on 8 February 2024, at the age of 90.

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