Davinder Singh was an IPS officer in the Punjab Police Force who also played in more than 30 international field hockey matches for India. Singh played in his first international match in 1979 in the Champions Trophy in Karachi. The following year he was part of the squad that won gold at the Moskva Olympics. At the Games he scored eight goals in six matches, including four in India’s 18–0 thrashing of Tanzania. Singh later became the President of a society that organised hockey tournaments every year, and was a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award.
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