Sayed Yusuf
 India field hockey team at 1928 Olympics. Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf is standing third from left. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1895 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 December 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | India | ||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Afghanistan | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: 30 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf often wrongly dubbed as Sayed Muhammad Yusuf (abbr. S M Yusuf)[1] (1895 – 8 December 1979) was a field hockey player who represented two countries namely India and Afghanistan. The complication about his name is because in the 1928 Summer Olympics held at Amsterdam, he had participated as S M Yusuf which has been interpreted as Sayed Muhammad Yusuf by some quarters. In the official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics, nowhere name Syed Muhammad Yusuf has been mentioned but S M Yusuf. It appears that creation of his name Sayed Muhammad Yusuf is based on mere conjecturing.
Entries at Olympedia
[edit]Yusuf has the following three entries at the website Olympedia:
19319 Sayed Yusuf
5000749 Sardar Mohammed Yusuf Khan
701504 Mohammad Yusuf
India
[edit]He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam.[2] When the Indian field hockey team for the 1928 Summer Olympics was selected, Yusuf was also selected in it without trials. At that time was in London. He studied at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1923 to 1927).[1] The Indian hockey team went to Amsterdam via London where he joined it. The Indian field hockey team won the gold medal at Amsterdam Olympics.[3] Yusuf played four matches; one as right-out and three as left-half.[4] He took part in 1928 Olympics as Sayed Yusuf.
Afghanistan
[edit]He was captain of the Afghanistan hockey team which took part in the Western Asiatic Games at Delhi in 1934.[5][6][7]
He was also captain of the Afghanistan field hockey team at 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin but remained a non-starter.[8]
He was manager of Afghanistan field hockey team at 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Gallery
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Bangla Ayub Shah in Lahore, Pakistan which once used to be the residence of Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf.
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See also
[edit]- List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation
- Field hockey players who competed for more than one nation
References
[edit]- ^ a b "OF JAIPAL SINGH AND SPARKLING INDIAN DIASPOra's CONTRIBUTION TO HOCKEY – Stick2Hockey".
- ^ "August 2023 Bulletin".
- ^ "How Did Indian Hockey Team in Amsterdam 1928 Win? Best 99". 15 July 2020.
- ^ https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/14512/ pp.674-691
- ^ Official Report
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=lfCZUheieYEC p. 132 Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf was captain of the Afghanistan hockey team in the only match played against India in the 1934 Western Asiatic Games at Delhi. The match was played on 2 March 1934.
- ^ "Afghan Hockey Team's Tour; Captain's Appreciation". Indian Express, Madras, Dak Edition. 27 March 1934. p. 2. https://books.google.com/books?id=a70-AAAAIBAJ&dq=afghanistan+hockey+team&pg=PA2&article_id=6795,4280336&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIo_Xv17GFAxUfgP0HHadLDzM4FBDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=afghanistan%20hockey%20team&f=false
- ^ "Afghan Hockey Team Sails Off; Tributes To Indian Players". Indian Express, Madras, Evening Edition. 9 May 1936. p. 8. https://books.google.com/books?id=_r8-AAAAIBAJ&dq=afghanistan+hockey+team&pg=PA5&article_id=6562,6666252&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOp5v807GFAxU9h_0HHeJEC1k4ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=afghanistan%20hockey%20team&f=false
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- 1895 births
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- Indian male field hockey players
- Afghan male field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for India
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