Olympic and World Cup medallist Varinder Singh, who was an integral a part of a few of India's memorable victories within the Nineteen Seventies, died in Jalandhar on Tuesday morning.
He was 75.
Singh was a part of the gold-medal profitable Indian crew on the 1975 males's Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. This stays India's solely gold medal on the prestigious event the place the nation had crushed arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 within the closing.
Singh was additionally a part of the bronze medal-winning crew on the 1972 Munich Olympics and silver medal at 1973 World Cup in Amsterdam.
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He additionally needed to his credit score a silver medal on the 1974 and 1978 Asian Video games, respectively. The Indian hockey stalwart additionally featured within the 1975 Montreal Olympics.
In 2007, Varinder was conferred with the distinguished Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hockey India mourned the demise of Singh.
"Varinder Singh's achievements can be remembered by the hockey fraternity worldwide," it stated in a launch.
