Syed Muhammad Salim

{{short description|Pakistani hockey player}}

{{about|the hockey player|the Islamic scholar|Syed Muhammad Saleem}}

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{{Infobox field hockey player

|name=Syed Muhammad Salim

|full_name= Syed Muhammad Salim Yazdani

|birth_date= 5 September 1909

|birth_place = Lahore, British India

|death_date= 1 January 1992{{cite book|last=Anjum|first=Zahid Hussain|title=پاکستان93-1992 ایک نظر میں|trans-title=Pakistan 1992-93 at a glance|year=1993|edition=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7xGAQAAIAAJ|language=Urdu|location=|publisher=Buk Tak|isbn=}} p.655

|position=Goalkeeper

|updated= 8 June 2024

}}

Syed Muhammad Salim ({{langx|ur|سید محمد سلیم}}; 5 September 1909 - 1 January 1992) was an Olympic field hockey player from Pakistan. He played seven matches for Pakistan's national hockey team. He was part of the Pakistan team in field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics,{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/syed-muhammad-salim-1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085251/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/syed-muhammad-salim-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2020-04-18 | title= Syed Muhammad Salim profile at sports reference | publisher= sports reference }} where the team reached the hockey semifinals undefeated, but their campaign ended there at the hands of Britain.{{cite web |title=Pakistan at the 1948 London Summer Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PAK/summer/1948/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093016/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PAK/summer/1948/ |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=18 March 2025 |work=sports-reference.com}}