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SAI lose memorabilia given by indian hockey great Balbir Sr.
Updated On: 07 August, 2015 08:32 AM IST | | PTI
<p>A piece of Indian hockey's golden history seems to be lost for good courtesy the apathy of SAI; Sports Authority misplaces former India captain's 1956 Melbourne Olympics blazer & 1958 Tokyo Asiad silver medal</p>
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India captain Balbir Singh on the podium at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Pic/Getty Images
Chandigarh: A piece of Indian hockey's golden history seems to be lost for good courtesy the apathy of Sports Authority of India (SAI) officials, who have no clue about the priceless memorabilia donated way back in 1985 by legendary Olympian Balbir Singh Sr.
India's three-time field hockey Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh poses with the stick of Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand Singh with which Dhyan Chand played in the 1936 Berlin Olympics final, in Chandigarh on February 6, 2009. Dhyan Chand was a member of the Indian hockey team in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. Pic/AFP
The donated items, meant for a proposed museum which never came about, included an Olympic blazer, medals and rare pictures. The 91-year-old triple Olympic gold-medallist maintains that in 1985, he had donated his medals and memorabilia to the then SAI Secretary on being told that they would be displayed in a show window at the then proposed National Sports Museum.
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