Roop Singh
{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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|birth_place= Jabalpur, Central Provinces, British India
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1977|12|16|1908|09|08|df=yes}}
|death_place= Gwalior, India
|height= 6 feet
|position= Left-in
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{{MedalSport | Men's Field Hockey}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|British India|name=India}} }}
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{{MedalGold| 1932 Los Angeles | Team}}
{{MedalGold| 1936 Berlin | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition | Western Asiatic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1934 Delhi|}}
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Roop Singh Bais (8 September 1908 – 16 December 1977) was an Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian field hockey team, which won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. He was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand.{{Britannica|105366|Dhyan Chand}}
Career
Singh is best known for his sports career, during which he scored three goals against Japan and ten goals against the US in the Los Angeles Summer Olympics 1932. He was in the armed forces.{{When|date=May 2022}}
Personal life
Singh was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand,{{Cite web|title=Roop Singh Bais|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/roop-singh-bais|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805104619/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/roop-singh-bais|archive-date=2021-08-05|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Olympics.com}} who won the gold medal in the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games for Indian hockey team.
Singh was from Bais Rajput family based in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} His son Bhagat Singh and grandson Uday Singh, both played Field Hockey for India. His father, Subedar Sameshwar Singh, was in the army.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Recognition
The Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior, named after Singh, was originally a hockey stadium before it was converted into a cricket venue in 1988.{{cite web |title= Indian Hockey Association |url= http://www.gwaliorplus.com/indian-hockey-association-was-founded-in-gwalior/ |publisher= Gwalior Plus |accessdate= 26 August 2013}} The German Olympic Committee sent Singh a map showing a street in Munich bearing his name following his impressive performance at the 1936 Olympics.[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/granthalaya/legend/encounters/page2.htm Encounters]. bharatiyahockey.org. He was also among only three Indian players, the others being Dhyan Chand and Leslie Claudius, to have the tube stations in London renamed in the run-up to the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/london-olympics/Hockey-legends-make-London-tube-station-list/articleshow/12552565.cms | title=Hockey legends make London tube station list | first=Satya Siddharth | last=Rath | date=6 April 2012 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=26 May 2018 }}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/roop-singh-1.html Profile at Sports Reference]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090812043117/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SINGHROO01 Profile at databaseOlympics.com]
{{India FH Squad 1932 Summer Olympics}}
{{India FH Squad 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Olympic field hockey players for India
Category:Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Category:Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Indian male field hockey players
Category:Olympic gold medalists for India
Category:Field hockey players from Madhya Pradesh
Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey
Category:Sportspeople from Jabalpur