A. B. Subbaiah
Indian field hockey player and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah is a former Indian hockey goalkeeper and coach.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Full name | Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
Madikeri, Kodagu district Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–2007 | Air India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1998 | India | 100+ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
He was born in Madikeri (Kodagu district, Karnataka)[5] into the Kodava community.[6][7] He played hockey for his school, St. Michael's Madikeri, as a fourteen year old.[7] He was a product of Sports Authority of India (SAI) hostel, Bangalore.[7]
Career
Subbaiah has participated in the Commonwealth games.[4] He was part of the 1998 gold-winning Asian Games Indian team. He is a recipient of the Arjuna Award.[8] Between 1988 and 1998, he took part in 285 international matches.[7][5][9][10][11][12] He represented and captained the Indian hockey team between the years 1987 and 2007.[7]
Awards
Subbaiah was conferred with an honorary doctorate from the Mangalore University by Hans Raj Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka.[5]
Retirement
He is a commentator, coach, manager, administrator, umpire and selector as well.[5] He was part of the Hockey India disciplinary panel as well.[13] A B Subbaiah is also part of the 13-member Hockey India committee.[14][15] He is the Hockey Karnataka secretary since 2018.[16]
References
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