updated event birth_place nationality ethnicity team medaltemplates article_title sport birth_date employer name alma_mater
9 june 2012 men 's team sansarpur , india indian khullar india state -lrb- national -rrb- punjab police -lrb- national -rrb- all -lrb- india police -lrb- national -rrb- international -rrb- railways -lrb- national -rrb- punjab men 's field hockey balbir singh kullar
 field hockey 08 august 1942 punjab police -lrb- retired as dig in 2001 -rrb- balbir singh kullar dav college , jalandhar
balbir singh kullar

balbir singh kular is an indian field hockey player and a punjab police officer .
alternative spellings of his last name include kullar and khullar .
balbir singh was born in the sansarpur village of the jalandhar district .
he was the captain of the all india schools during 1957-1960 , and also played as part of the combined university team .
at the national-level , he represented the hockey teams of punjab state , indian railways and punjab police .
for a brief time , he also played for the little-known hockey team of mohun bagan .
balbir singh joined the punjab armed police in 1962 , and became an assistant sub-inspector of the punjab police in 1963 .
as part of the indian national men 's hockey team , he played his first international game in 1963 at lyons in france .
he gained reputation as an inside forward in the indian team , and toured belgium , east africa , east germany , england , the netherlands , italy , kenya , new zealand and west germany .
he was a member of the indian team that won the asian games gold in 1966 -lrb- bangkok -rrb- and the olympic bronze in 1968 -lrb- mexico -rrb- .
during 1968-1975 , balbir singh was a part of the all india police team , and also served as its captain for some time .
he became the deputy superintendent of police in 1981 , became an indian police service officer in 1987 .
he retired as a deputy inspector general -lrb- dig -rrb- in february 2001 .
