Akhtar-ul-Islam
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Born | Jabalpur, British Raj | 1 January 1947||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympian Akhtar ul Islam (اختر الاسلام; born 1 January 1947) is a Pakistani field hockey player who played in the Pakistan national team from 1967 to 1975. He is best known for scoring the goal at the final of the first Hockey World Cup held in Spain in 1971. This goal proved to be the decider of the game, providing Pakistan the win and setting the milestone of being the first nation to win the world cup.[1]
Akhtar ul Islam was positioned in the defensive line, being known as 'the lion' due to his strong built, making it difficult for opposing team members to make their way past him.
In 2006, he was appointed the general secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation[2] and later on a selector for Pakistan field hockey team.
Akhtar ul Islam is the younger brother of another hockey player Khursheed Aslam.
References
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- Date of birth not in Wikidata
- Pakistani male field hockey players
- Living people
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- 1947 births