International Hockey Federation : Obituary

Just months after celebrating his 100th birthday and becoming the oldest living Olympic gold medallist, the former Pakistan forward, Feroze Khan has died.

Khan played in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam representing pre-independence India. He was born in Jalandhar, India, and began playing hockey using a tree branch as a stick.

A skilful inside forward, he never played for Pakistan but was a selector when Pakistan won its first Olympic gold medal at the Rome Games in 1960. He retired from playing in 1938 and moved to Pakistan after it was carved out of India in 1947.

On his 100th birthday on 9 September last year, he received a message from the president of the International Olympic Committee, Dr Jacques Rogge, acknowledging his achievement.

Feroze Khan was born on 9 September, 1904. He died on 20 April, 2005.

Contents

Issue 22

| President’s View
Els van Breda Vriesman, FIH President

| Editorial
Cathy Harris, Editor

| Countdown to 2012
Two former hockey Olympians have been heavily involved in promoting their respective cities’ 2012 Olympic bids

| Youthful revolution in Ukraine
A report on the impressive achievements made in the Ukraine over the past six years

| Unbeatable – Eastern Camden County Junior-Senior High School
The girls hockey team at Eastern Camden County Junior-Senior High School in the USA has amassed a 138-match unbeaten streak

| Dutch Treat in Rotterdam
A preview of the Rabo Hockey Junior World Cup in late June

| The Good, the Bad and the No Off-Side Rule
Shiv Jagday debates the contentious no off-side rule

| Rags to Riches – Cinderella stories from Pakistan hockey
Dr Ijaz Chaudhry chronicles some fascinating stories from the rich tapestry of Pakistan hockey

| Obituary - Feroze Khan

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