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{{About|the hockey player born on 21 September 1945 who served in Indian Railways|other hockey players with the same name|Balbir Singh (disambiguation){{!}}Balbir Singh}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Balbir Singh Grewal<br />
| nickname = Balbir Singh (Railways)<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| sport = [[Field hockey]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|9|21|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Faisalabad|Lyallpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]] (present-day Faisalabad, [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])<br />
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| relatives = Gurbux Singh (brother)<br />
| event = Men's team<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[field hockey]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]|[[Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1966 Asian Games|1966 Bangkok]] | [[Field hockey at the 1966 Asian Games|Team]] }}<br />
{{MedalSilver | [[1970 Asian Games|1970 Bangkok]] | [[Field hockey at the 1970 Asian Games|Team]] }}<br />
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'''Balbir Singh Grewal''' (born 21 September 1945), also known as Balbir Singh (Railways), is a retired Indian [[field hockey]] player. He played for [[Railways Sports Promotion Board|Railways]] in the [[Indian Senior National Hockey Championship]]. He was part of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian teams]] that won the bronze medal at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]], gold medal at the [[1966 Asian Games]] and silver medal at the [[1970 Asian Games]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/balbir-singh-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/balbir-singh-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Balbir Singh Olympic Results |accessdate=1 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bharatiya Hockey|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/balbirsenior/legends2.htm}}</ref> His brother was the Indian hockey international Gurbax Singh Grewal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brothers who played hockey for India|date=28 January 2023 |url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/india-team-brothers-39141}}</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/family-friends-remember-legacy-of-olympian-gurbax-singh-grewal/articleshow/130522379.cms Family, friend remember legacy of Olympian Gurbax Singh Grewal]</ref><br />
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