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Dhyan Chand died in 1979 a broken man in poverty, he was so bitter that he wouldn't even allow his kids to play hockey. Very few Indians today remember this man who is still considered the Wayne Gretzky of field Hockey.

Can you ever imagine if Canada will ever forget Gretzky or if US will forget Michael Jorden or Brazil will forget Pele or Argentina will forget Maradona?

But we Indian's have forgotten one of the greatest sports heroes our country produced, no wonder Indian hockey is in such a state today, back in the day no one could match us, the Brits used to be afraid to play against us for shame of losing to a colony of theirs, Dhyan Chand's team smashed Hitlers race pride along with Jesse Owen's in the 1936 Olympics but more Indian's know about the latter than the former. His team also beat USA 24-1 creating a record which still stands unbroken, his brother Roop Singh scored 10 goals in the match and created a record for himself which still stands.

A truly sad state of affairs.
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And we call hockey our national sport.... More than the treatment to ex players is the way we are nurturing current players and the way IHF manages hockey in India. If BCCI interferes too less with selection and other matters in Indian cricket (more importantly reorganising domestic set up, making better pitches etc.), the IHF led by KPS Gill interferes in everything, there's no transparency, no accountability for results. Players are introduced in, chopped off with no reasons, the latest example being Viren Rasquinha, coaches have been changed too often. But the person who has been at helm for so long and under whom hockey seems to have gone from bad to worse, he is staying put. Shouldn't KPS Gill take ultimate responsibility and step down. Instead he goes about ruining talented people's careers. I dont understand why we as Indian public should tolerate such bad administrators. They should be made accountable to the public somehow. Or lets stop the charade of having a national sport. Lets abolish this position altogether, for we excel in no sport. At best in cricket we were kings in our backyards. Even that we are no longer anymore.