 India field hockey team at 1928 Olympics. Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf is standing third from left. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1896 (1896) | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 December 1978(1978-12-09) (aged 81–82) | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | India | ||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Afghanistan | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 30 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Sayed Muhammad Yusuf (abbr. S M Yusuf), later known asShahzada Muhammad Yusuf[1] (1896 – 9 December 1978) was afield hockey player who represented two countries namely India and Afghanistan in international hockey. In the1928 Summer Olympics held at Amsterdam, he had participated as S M Yusuf.
Yusuf has the following three entries at the website Olympedia:
19319 Sayed Yusuf
701504 Mohammad Yusuf
5000749 Sardar Mohammed Yusuf Khan
However, entry Sayed Yusuf is controversial because, according to official report of the 1928 Olympics, the Olympian had participated in those Olympics as S M Yusuf. His name Syed Yusuf appears to have been entered by Olympedia due to some other consideration such as from the Guinness Book of World Records. The valid reference can only be that of the official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
He competed in the1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam.[2] When the Indian field hockey team for the 1928 Summer Olympics was selected, Yusuf was also selected in it without trials. At that time, he was in London. He studied atFitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1923 to 1927).[1] The Indian hockey team went to Amsterdam via London where he joined it. The Indian field hockey team won the gold medal at Amsterdam Olympics.[3]Yusuf played four matches; one as right-out and three as left-half.[4]
He was captain of the Afghanistan hockey team which took part in theWestern Asiatic Games at Delhi in 1934.[5][6][7]
He was also captain of the Afghanistan field hockey team at1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin but remained a non-starter.[8]
He was manager of Afghanistan field hockey team at1948 Summer Olympics in London.
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