Tanvir Ahmed Dar (4 June 1937 – 11 February 1998)Biography of Tanvi Dar
was a Pakistani

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player who played as a fullback from 1965 to 1974. He was born in Amritsar,

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, British India. He won a gold medal at the

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. Dar was an established penalty-corner-shooter. He helped Pakistan win the Asian Games hockey title in 1970 and the inaugural

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in 1971 in

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, Spain. After his elder brother

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had retired from hockey, the brothers established a hockey academy in Lahore, which was later named Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy.

Awards and recognition

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Award in 1971 by the

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.Tanvir Dar's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website
Retrieved 25 June 2021

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