Honorary Captain Shankar Lakshman was an Indian hockey player who played as a goalkeeper.
16 Facts About Shankar Lakshman
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Shankar Lakshman was part of the Indian team in the 1956,1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal.
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Shankar Lakshman was the first goalkeeper to become captain of an international hockey team and was awarded the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri by the Indian government.
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Shankar Lakshman was captain of the Indian team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games.
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Shankar Lakshman remained with the Army, retiring in 1979 as a captain of the Maratha Light Infantry.
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Shankar Lakshman died in 2006 after suffering gangrene in one leg in Mhow.
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Shankar Lakshman was born on 7 July 1933, in Mhow a small cantonment town in the Indore District of the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, he belonged to the Shekhawat community of Rajasthan.
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Shankar Lakshman was the captain of the football team of Kodaria village in Mhow.
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Shankar Lakshman joined the Indian Army as a bandsman in the year 1947.
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Shankar Lakshman served in the 5th Battalion of Maratha Light Infantry.
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Shankar Lakshman earned praises for his goalkeeping, and was selected for the national team, on the back of an impressive run in the domestic circuit.
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Strong in the defence where the legendary goalkeeper Shankar Lakshman made for a formidable figure.
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Shankar Lakshman was declared Man of the Match for his goalkeeping.
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Doctors suggested amputation, but Shankar Lakshman preferred naturopathic remedies suggested by his friend, the hockey authorities did not pay any heed to his plea for help and were left on his own.
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Shankar Lakshman died on 29 April 2006, after his battle with Gangrene.
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Shankar Lakshman's name was mentioned in the closing credits of the movie Paan Singh Tomar.