Hardev Singh Kular

Hardev Singh Kullar played hockey for Kenya at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. He played for Kenya Police in the 1950s and captained the Police team that won the MR D’Souza Gold Cup, the premier Club tournament in East Africa, in 1955 and 1960. Singh Kullar helped Kenya win the East African Championship in Kampala in 1959.

Singh Kullar later went into coaching and hockey administration. He coached the Kenyan team at the first World Cup in 1971 and then at the 1972 München Olympics and was their manager at Seoul in 1988. He was secretary-general of the Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) from 1973-87 and chaired the KHU from 1998-2004.

Singh Kullar was a member of International Hockey Federation Youth Committee from 1983-87 and chaired the National Association of Kenya Olympians from 2000-07. He was awarded the International Hockey Federation Diploma of Merit in 1995.