Surjit Singh
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Surjit Singh (October 10, 1951 – January 6, 1984) was a full back and captain of Indian field hockey team in 1979 in the Champions Trophy. He also played for India in the Munich Olympics in 1972, the 1974 Asian Games in Teheran, the 1975 World Cup champion team in Kuala Lumpur, the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1978, and the 1982 World Cup held at Bombay.
Surjit Singh died as the result of a car accident in 1984.
He was posthumously awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998.
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