Muneer Sait (sometimes spelled Munir Sait, born 27 May 1940) is a retired 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 ...

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. Sait was the goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The Indian team won the bronze medal that year. Sait is from

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. He has been chosen as tournament director on more than one occasion. He was also chosen as a part of the five member selection committee by the Hockey India in 2009. He lives in Chennai and is also associated with the Squash Rackets Federation of

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. For his work on field hockey, the

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awarded Sait the President's Award in 2005.

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* 1940 births Living people Field hockey players from Chennai Male field hockey goalkeepers Indian male field hockey players 20th-century Indian sportsmen Olympic field hockey players for India Olympic bronze medalists for India Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub