Surjeet Singh Panesar

Surjeet “Sindh” Singh Panesar was a Kenyan hockey player who played at four Olympic Games. Singh Panesar studied at the Duke of Gloucester School in Nairobi and finished his studies in India at the Maharaja Patiala Public School and Patiala University, where he played hockey for both schools.

Sindh joined Sikh Union Nairobi in 1957 and stayed with that club from 1957-80. During that time he helped them win the Ujjager Singh Rai Cup, the Kesar Singh Cup, the Siri Guru Gobind Singh Cup, and the Aggarwal Cup in the 1957/58 season. He was a member of the club team that won the M. R. D’Souza Gold Cup 13 times. Singh Panesar played on the team that won the Kenya Cup in 1958. He also played at the first hockey World Cup at Barcelona in 1971, helping Kenya reach the semi-finals.