Sports247live.in reverence and homage to Late Sardar Surjit Singh Olympian and former skipper of Indian Hockey team |Sports News|Sports247live

Sports247live.in reverence and homage to Late Sardar Surjit Singh Olympian and former skipper of Indian Hockey team
During his hockey career, Surjit Singh was concerned about player’s cause. Surjit Singh served the Indian Airlines for a few years. Later he joined the Punjab Police.
It was tragic that Surjit Singh, after his retirement from the game, died in a road accident near Kartarpur in Jalandhar district. In Jalandhar, a hockey stadium is named after him. A hockey academy named after him is also being run by the Punjab Government. The society’s fine functioning has given such impetus to the game in the region that bright and talented players are coming up in every age group. What better tribute will be to Surjit Singh who always considered it a sacred duty to fight for the cause of hockey and the players’ rights.
The hockey stadium in Jalandhar (Surjit Hockey Stadium) is named after him. A hockey academy named after him is also being run by the Government of Punjab. In 1984, after his death, the Surjit Hockey Society was established in Jalandhar, and it organizes the annual Surjit Hockey Tournament in Jalandhar, every year. He was posthumously awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998.
His wife Mrs. Chanchal Randhawa was also an international field hockey player, who led India women’s national field hockey team in the 1970s. His Son Sarbrinder Singh Randhawa is a world-level Lawn Tennis Player, who represented India in various international tournaments across the world. He is also an Asian Games Runners up which was held in Indonesia.