The man who said to Hitler that he dont play for money but for the country. Appreciated by Don Bradman Received 400 awards from other countries.

1. DHYAN CHAND
THE GREAT
ROBERT MARIA VINCENT
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2. 8 GOALS
* Once, while playing a hockey
game, Major Dhyan Chand
was not able to score a goal
against the opposition team.
After several misses, he
argued with the match
referee regarding the
measurement of the goal
post, and amazingly, it was
found to not be in
conformation with the
official width of a goal post
(as prescribed under
international rules).
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3. DHYAN VS HITLER
Shree Dhyaanchand was
among those Who made
Hitler his Fan and He
requested to accept
Germany Citizenship and
play for Germany & in
return he will get as much
as Money and a he will be
head of his Army.!
but He refused saying he
does not play for money
but for Country.!
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4. UNIQUE FANS FOR DHYAN
IN
OLYMPICS
After India played its first
match in the 1936 Olympics,
Dhyan Chand's magical
stickwork drew crowds from
other venues to the hockey
field. A German newspaper
carried a banner headline:
'The Olympic complex now
has a magic show too.' The
next day, there were posters
all over Berlin: Visit the
hockey stadium to watch the
Indian magician Dhyan
Chand in action.
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5. GREAT MAGICIAN
* In Holland, the
authorities broke his
hockey stick to check if
there was a magnet
inside.
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6. INTERESTING FACTS
During the final of the 1936 Olympic hockey
tournament, the Germans decided to play rough
after 6 goals had been scored against them.
Going for Dhyan, the German goalkeeper
removed one of his teeth.Coming back after
receiving first aid, Dhyan instructed his team
mates not to score any more goals. "We must
teach them a lesson in ball control," he said. So
they repeatedly took the ball up to the German
circle and then back-passed to dumbfound our
opponents. They ended up beating Germany 8-1,
with Dhyan scoring 6 times.
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7. DHYAN VS DON BRADMAN
* Cricket world's legend Don Bradman and
Hockey's greatest player Dhyan Chand once
came face to face at Adelaide in 1935, when
the Indian hockey team was in Australia. After
watching Dhyan Chand in action, Don
Bradman remarked "He scores goals like runs
in cricket"
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8. STATUE AT VIENNA
Residents of Vienna, Austria,
honoured him by setting up a
statue of him with four hands and
four sticks, depicting his control
and mastery over the ball.
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9. After retirement, he taught
at coaching camps at
Mount Abu, Rajasthan
and later accepted the
position of Chief
Hockey Coach at the
National Institute of
Sports, Patiala, a post
he held for several
years.Chand spent his
last days in his
hometown of Jhansi,
Uttar Pradesh.
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10. The Government of India
honoured him with the
Padma Bhushan in
1956.In 1956, at the age
of 51, he retired from
the Army with the rank
of Major.In 1951,
Captain Dhyan Chand
was honoured at the
National Stadium-with
Dhyan Chand
tournament.
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11. LOST A TOOTH
Between 1936 and the
commencement of the War
in 1939, he largely
confined himself to Army
hockey, with one visit to
Kolkata to take part in the
Beighton Cup tournament
in 1937.However, he lost
a tooth in a collision with
aggressive Germany
goalkeeper Tito
Warnholtz.
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12. In December 1934, the IHF decided to send a team to
New Zealand in the new year. Chand and his brother
were immediately selected. When the Nawab of
Manavadar declined to play, he was appointed as the
captain of the Indian team. In the subsequent tour,
the team played a total of 48 matches on this tour,
with 28 in New Zealand and the remainder in India,
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Australia.
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13. He is known as the 'Wizard' of the game for his superb ball
control. He played his final international match in 1948, having
scored more than 400 goals during his international career.
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