Santokh Singh Matharu
"One of the finest players that Kenya has ever produced", Jasmer Singh, selector of the Kenya National hockey team at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games.
Santokh Singh represented Kenya at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 1968 Mexico Olympics and the inaugural 1971 hockey World Cup in Barcelona, Spain. A player with not only great skill, but the epic ability to play with tactical intelligence which was demonstrated by being the only player to have played in all positions, apart from being a goal keeper, for the national team.
A purist for the game of hockey and with over 50 years involvement in the game, this book reveals for the first time the building blocks of the skills involved in the Indian hockey dribble that he had distilled to its bare essence in terms of execution, and learning.
A purist for the game of hockey and with over 50 years involvement in the game, this book reveals for the first time the building blocks of the skills involved in the Indian hockey dribble that he had distilled to its bare essence in terms of execution, and learning.
Santokh Singh, front row, second from right at the 1971 Barcelona Hockey World Cup
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An article in the Pakistan Newspaper in1968
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOIYgXzMSC4 video of the Kenyan team at the Tokyo 1964 Olympics (at 15min 08 sec)
http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3pt1.pdf
Page 314 Santokh Singh signing an autograph for a young fan.
Page 322 Santokh Singh sitting with 'Tari' the captain after a match at the 1968 Mexico Olympics
Page 314 Santokh Singh signing an autograph for a young fan.
Page 322 Santokh Singh sitting with 'Tari' the captain after a match at the 1968 Mexico Olympics
