New Delhi, April 25 -- Hockey India on Saturday expresses profound grief on the passing of former Indian Men's Hockey Team player and Olympian Gurbax Singh Grewal, who passed awayon Friday evening.
He was 84.
Gurbax Singh breathed his last at his residence in Zirakpur - a town near Chandigarh - after suffering a heart attack.
A member of India's Bronze medal-winning team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Gurbax Singh leaves behind a rich legacy as a player, mentor, and administrator.
A speedy forward during his playing days, he was part of the historic Indian contingent at the 1968 Olympics alongside his brother Balbir Singh Grewal-marking the first time in Indian hockey history that two real brothers represented the country together at...