1. 29 August is celebrated as National Sports Day in India because Major Dhyan Chand birthday.
2. He scored more than 400 goals during his international career between 1926 to 1948.
3. Pankaj Gupta, first coach of Dhyan Chand predicted he would one day shine like a “chand” (moon) and that’s how he got his surname. According to some other sources, he used to practice a lot during night and that’s why his fellow player called him “Chand”.
4. After watching Dhyan Chand performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Hitler offered him German citizenship and higher army post. But Major Dhyan Chand turned it down.
5. The cricket legend Don Bradman once said “He scores goals like runs in cricket” after meeting him face to face.
6. Once in Netherlands, the authorities broke his hockey stick to check if there was any magnet inside because of his superb ball control.
7. Residents of Vienna, Austria, honoured Dhyan Chand by setting up a statue of him with four hands and four sticks, depicting his control and mastery over the ball.
8. India’s highest award for lifetime achievement in sports is the Dhyan Chand Award in honour of Major Dhyan Chand.
9. In 1956, at the age of 51, he retired from the army with the rank of Major.
10. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Bhushan (India’s third highest civilian honour) the same year he retired.
(source:internet)
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