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Roop Singh

1908 - 1977

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Roop Singh Bais (8 September 1908 – 16 December 1977) was an Indian hockey player. He was part of the Indian field hockey team, which won gold medals for India at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games. He was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roop Singh is the 170th most popular hockey player (down from 144th in 2019), the 1,172nd most popular biography from India (down from 1,090th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Roop Singh ranks 170 out of 676. Before him are Evgeni Nabokov, Sami Kapanen, Rechelle Hawkes, Markus Näslund, Henrik Zetterberg, and Alexei Zhamnov. After him are Mark Howe, Martin Ručinský, Josef Vašíček, Olaf Kölzig, Petr Nedvěd, and Al Arbour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Roop Singh ranks 426. Before him are Arthur Goldberg, Tom Tully, Max Abramovitz, Sally O'Neil, Helen Twelvetrees, and Gene Raymond. After him are Raja Rao, Dennis Morgan, Penny Singleton, Will Lee, and Fearless Nadia. Among people deceased in 1977, Roop Singh ranks 284. Before him are Gertrude Astor, Guy Lombardo, Tom C. Clark, Charlotte Greenwood, Allison Hayes, and MacKinlay Kantor. After him is Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.

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In India

Among people born in India, Roop Singh ranks 1,172 out of 1,861. Before him are Sania Mirza (1986), Savitri Jindal (1940), Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927), Rupi Kaur (1992), Richa Chadda (1986), and Annapurna Devi (1927). After him are Kapil Sibal (1948), Balram Jakhar (1923), Pawan Kumar Chamling (1950), Pallonji Mistry (1929), Parkash Singh Badal (1927), and Indrani Rahman (1930).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In India

Among hockey players born in India, Roop Singh ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Galibardy (1915), and Randhir Singh Gentle (1922). After him are P. R. Sreejesh (1988), Surender Kumar (1993), Vandana Katariya (1992), Harmanpreet Singh (1996), Amit Rohidas (1993), and Birendra Lakra (1990).

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