Om Prakash Malhotra 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 who played as a halfback. He was part of the India national team that won gold at the

1956 Melbourne Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the except ...

. He was a member of the Indian team that toured Afghanistan in 1952 and Malaya and Singapore in 1954. He also played for his

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team United Provinces in the Indian national championships.

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* Olympic field hockey players for India Indian male field hockey players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{India-Olympic-medalist-stub