Abdul Rashid (field hockey, born 1947)

Abdul Rashid, known as Rashid Junior, (3 March 1947 – 4 November 2020) was a Pakistani field hockey player. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[3] He was part of the gold, silver and bronze winning teams at those Olympics, respectively.^[3] He died on 4 November 2020, and was buried in his ancestral town Bannu.^[2]

Abdul Rashid

Rashid Junior (left) with Dhyan Chand
Personal information
Full name	Abdul Rashid
Nationality	Pakistani
Born	(1947-03-03)3 March 1947 Ghoriwala, Bannu, North-West Frontier Province, British India[1]
Died	4 November 2020(2020-11-04) (aged 73)[2] Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, (laid to rest at Ghoriwala, District Bannu, Pakistan)
Sport
Sport	Field hockey
Position	Centre-forward

Abdul Rashid played hockey from 1968 to 1976. During these years, he won 7 gold medals, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.^[4] He also captained Pakistan to victory in the International Hockey Tournament at Christchurch in 1974. Rashid Junior played 90 international matches and scored around 100 goals. He was the lone scorer in the final against India in the 1970 Asian Games hockey tournament in Bangkok. Rashid Junior also participated in three Olympics—Mexico City (1968), Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976), besides the Inaugural Cup at Barcelona (1971). Rashid Junior was the brother of former Pakistan field hockey captain and Olympian Abdul Hamid Hamidi.

On 23 March 1995, Rashid Junior was awarded the Presidential Pride of Performance by President Farooq Leghari.