Muhammad Rashid, known as Rashid Senior, (14 April 1941 – 26 January 2009) was a

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 from

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. In certain books and other publications, besides on some websites, his name has been shown as Addul Rashid or Muhammad Abdul Rashid which is incorrect. He played in

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

and

1966 Asian Games The 1966 Asian Games, also known as the V Asiad or Bangkok 1966, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 9 to 20 December 1966, in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 142 events in 16 sports were contested by athletes during the games. T ...

. Pakistan won silver medal at both these events.

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In 1968, another player

Abdul Rashid (field hockey, born 1947) Abdul Rashid, known as Rashid Junior, (3 March 1947 – 4 November 2020) was a Pakistani field hockey player. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was part of the gold, silver and bro ...

also started playing in the Pakistan hockey team. Therefore, to differentiate between them, suffixes 'Senior' and 'Junior' were added to their names and they were then on called Rashid Senior and Rashid Junior. Both played together in a number of international matches between 1968 and 1969.

Death

Muhammad Rashid died on 26 January 2009 in

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. He was laid to rest in the metropolitan's Harley Street graveyard.

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* 1941 births 2009 deaths Field hockey players from Rawalpindi Pakistani male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan Olympic silver medalists for Pakistan Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan Asian Games field hockey players for Pakistan Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in field hockey {{Pakistan-fieldhockey-bio-stub

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