Allan Schofield, Date of Birth

    

Allan Schofield

field hockey player

Date of Birth: 26-Jan-1957

Profession: field hockey player

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Allan Schofield

  • Allan Schofield (born January 26, 1957) is a former Indian hockey player.
  • He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow. He completed his schooling from St.
  • Cathedral High School in Bangalore and joined the Indian Navy.
  • In 1975, he was invited to join the Services National team after he accidentally kept the goal for an inter-club football game and excelled at it. A few months later, he was again called to be the custodian for a hockey match and within a year, he was in the National Hockey team of 1976.
  • A part of the star-studded squad that lost the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games final to arch-rivals Pakistan, Schofield entered the hall of fame two years later when the national team captured their eighth Olympic gold medal at the Moscow Games.
  • He was the second goalkeeper in the team, with Bir Bahadur Chhetri being the main custodian.
  • He is an MBA graduate and settled in Canada in his later years.

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