Imranlibra1398 said:
Olympian Abdul Waheed Khan played International hockey for Pakistan from 1960 to 1966. He appeared in 56 international matches and scored 52 goals. He was part of the Pakistan hockey team which won Pakistan’s first gold medal in hockey at Rome Olympics in 1960.
Abdul Waheed Khan was the first of Pakistan’s great center-forwards. He was followed by the greats of Rasheedul hasan and Hasan Sardar. It is said that Abdul Waheed was a trend setter in a sense he was the first center forward who would also fall back to help defence; Something which was unheard of in his playing days.
In 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Abdul Waheed Khan scored the Record number of 17 goals out of total 33 goals scored. His 17 goals included a double hat-trick also. This is Pakistan’s record of most numbers of goals by a player in a single tournament. It remained a World Record for 42 years until in 2004, Jorge Lombi of Argentina scored 26 goals in New America Cup at East London, Ontario, Canada.
As described in chapter one, Abdul Waheed Khan was the manager of Pakistan hockey team in following international tournaments and series and all of them were won by Pakistan.
4th World Cup at Buneos Aires in 1978.
First Champions Trophy held at Lahore in 1978,
8th Asian Games at Bangkok in 1978,
A 4-match Indo-Pak hockey series in 1978 which Pakistan won 3-1, and
Quaid-e-Azam centenery International Tournament held in Lahore in 1976.
At present, Abdul Waheed Khan lives in North Nazimabad, Karachi and keeps himself busy with sports related activities. From time to time his views and suggestions on National Hockey do appear in print media.
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