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{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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| nationality = Indian
| sport = [[Field hockey]]
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'''Anil Alexander Aldrin''' (born 22 August 1971) is a player of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian Men's National field hockey team]]. He is born in Kerala in a place named as Murukanpuzha in Trivandrum. He played as a defender for India from 1992 to 1999 and captained the country during his last years in 1999. He competed in the [[Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|men's tournament]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] at Atlanta.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/anil-alexander-aldrin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103910/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/anil-alexander-aldrin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Anil Alexander Aldrin Olympic Results |access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> He also played in the [[Asian Games]] in 1994 and 1998, winning the gold in his second appearance at Bangkok, and he represented India in Champions Trophy in 1995 and 1996 at home in Madras.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Spirited Aldrin makes light of time - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/spirited-aldrin-makes-light-of-time/articleshow/72121119.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> He also played two World Cups<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hockey World Cup beckons, yet players wrestle with IHF that refuses to make them winners|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19980525-hockey-world-cup-beckons-yet-players-wrestle-with-ihf-that-refuses-to-make-them-winners-828226-1998-05-25|first=Rohit|last=Brijnath|orig-date=May 25, 1998|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-05-23|date=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=1998: A bitter experience|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/world-cup-2018/history/hockey-history-first-person-account-sportstar-world-cup-special-1998-dhanraj-pillay-india-ninth-position/article25568987.ece|last=Pillay|first=Dhanraj|website=Sportstar|language=en|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> in 1994 in Sydney and under coach [[Vasudevan Baskaran]] in 1998 at Utrecht, the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Hockey's dream run at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/indian-hockey-gold-bangkok-asiad|last=Kapadia|first=Novy|date=2014-09-14|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>

==Career==
Anil Aldrin had his schooling at St. Joseph's Boys High School in Bangalore and started his hockey playing career after joining the Sports Authority of India hostel for boys under well-known coach PA Rafael. He also completed his B.Com from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore. Anil Aldrin and Sandeep Somesh were in the class of 1988 at St.Joseph's school, along with Indian cricket player [[Rahul Dravid]], who also played hockey in his school days.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reliving the golden days|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/602242/reliving-golden-days.html|date=2017-03-20|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> Later, in his playing days, Aldrin was compared to Rahul Dravid and was called as the `Wall of Indian hockey' for his defending skills. Other hockey players who went on to play for India like Sabu Varkey, Sandeep Somesh and Ravi Nayakkar were his teammates in the hostel under the same coach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Three veteran coaches make SAI, South Centre proud - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/three-veteran-coaches-make-sai-south-centre-proud/articleshow/60314192.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=World Class Hockey Tournament for School Kids Concluded, RDT Inclusive High School Emerge Champions|url=http://thefansofhockey.com/2012/11/11/world-class-hockey-tournament-for-school-kids-concluded-rdt-inclusive-high-school-emerge-champions/id-7971.html|date=2012-11-11|website=The Fans of Hockey|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> In 1990s he was recruited by Indian Airlines which later became known as Air India, one of the top domestic outfits in India and shifted base to Bombay.<ref name=":0" />

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{{India FH Squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]
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[[Category:Field hockey players from Kerala]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1994 Asian Games]]
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