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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (1942–2020)}}<br />
{{About|the hockey player born in 1942 who served in Punjab Police|other hockey players with the same name|Balbir Singh (disambiguation){{!}}Balbir Singh}}<br />
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| name = Balbir Singh Kullar<br />
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| caption = Picture of Retired D.I.G. Balbir Singh Kullar taken in 2001<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|08|08|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/balbir-singh-1.html |title=Balbir Singh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/balbir-singh-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref><br />
| death_date = {{death date|2020|02|28|df=yes}} (age 77)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/hockey/former-india-hockey-player-balbir-singh-kullar-dies-at-77-2188060 |title=Former India Hockey Player Balbir Singh Kullar Dies At 77 |newspaper=Ndtvsports.com}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Sansarpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]] (present-day Sansarpur, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India)<br />
| death_place = Sansarpur, Punjab, India<br />
| alma_mater = [[Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System|DAV]] College, Jalandhar<br />
| employer = [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab Police]] (retired as [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]] in 2001)<br />
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| sport = [[Field hockey]]<br />
| event = Men's team<br />
| team = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] (International)<br />[[Indian Railways|Railways]] (National)<br />Punjab State (National)<br />Punjab Police (National)<br />All India Police (National)<br />
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[field hockey]] }}<br />
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} [[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdcltCTQods|title = Olympic Bronze Medalist Balbir Singh Kullar Passes Away|website = [[YouTube]]| date=2 March 2020 }}</ref><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 Asian Games|Team]] }}<br />
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Sardar '''Balbir Singh Kullar''' (8 August 1942 – 28 February 2020) was an Indian [[field hockey]] player and a [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab Police]] officer. Alternative spellings of his last name include Khullar.<br />
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Balbir Singh was born in the [[Sansarpur]] village of the [[Jalandhar district]]. He was the captain of the All India Schools during 1957–1960, and also played as part of the Combined University Team. At the national-level, he represented the hockey teams of Punjab State, [[Indian Railways]] and Punjab Police. For a brief time, he also played for the little-known hockey team of [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]. Balbir Singh joined the Punjab Armed Police in 1962, and became an Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Punjab Police in 1963.<br />
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As part of the Indian national men's hockey team, he played his first international game in 1963 at [[Lyon]] in France. He gained reputation as an inside forward in the Indian team, and toured Belgium, East Africa, East Germany, England, the Netherlands, Italy, Kenya, New Zealand and West Germany. He was a member of the Indian team that won the [[Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Gold in 1964]] (Tokyo), [[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games Gold in 1966]] (Bangkok) and the [[Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Olympic Bronze in 1968]] (Mexico).<br />
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During 1968–1975, Balbir Singh was a part of the All India Police team, and also served as its captain for some time. He became the Deputy Superintendent of Police in 1981, became an [[Indian Police Service]] officer in 1987. He retired as a [[Deputy inspector general of police|Deputy Inspector General]] (DIG) in February 2001.<ref>[http://www.hockeyindia.org/dig_balbir_singh_kullar.html Profile of Balbir Singh Khullar at Hockey India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710133705/http://www.hockeyindia.org/dig_balbir_singh_kullar.html |date=2012-07-10 }}</ref><br />
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He died at his home in Sansarpur at the age of 77.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* [[Padma Shri]] (2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/padma-awards-for-abhinav-dhoni/415367/ |title=Padma awards for Abhinav, Dhoni |website=indianexpress.com|date=26 January 2009 }}</ref><br />
* [[Arjuna Award]] (1999)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016214650/http://hindu.com/2000/08/30/stories/07300964.htm Arjuna, Dronacharya Awards presented]. The Hindu, 30 August 2000.</ref><br />
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