With out any doubt it can be said that Udham Singh is one of the finest hockey players in India who has further aided in carrying Indian hockey to the next level of maturity. On August 4, 1928, Udham Singh was born, in the hockey citadel of Sansarpur in Punjab. On the outskirts of Jalandhar, Sansrpur village is well known for producing top hockey players for India. One of them surely was Udham Singh, the centre forwarder in many of India`s battles. Udham Singh could have become the only Indian, a Sikh, to represent India in five successive Olympic games. But injury prevented him from acquiring that honor.

Udham Singh after Leslie Claudius was the only hockey player to win 3 gold and one silver medal in the Olympic games. Acknowledging this outstanding personalities quality, India Government conferred the highest sports award the Arjuna Award in the year 1965. Udham Singh, known to be a versatile forward, could even play at left -inside, right -inside, centre forward or click at centre-half position too. This man has consecrated and dedicated his entire life to sports. He still maintains himself as fit as during his time period.

With his strong skillful playing ability, he was picked up by the strong Punjab Police team to play, which has boasted a number of Olympians. Due to a hen-pecking finger injury Udham Singh missed the 1948 Olympics. He was a stronghold of the fearsome Indian team that won consecutive gold medals in the 1952 Helsinki and 1956 Melbourne. After the 1964 Tokyo Games, Udham Sigh made his departure from Olympic appearance. At that tournament India retaliated their previous Olympic final loss to Pakistan to come forth the winners.

Udham Singh after taking retirement from the active hockey coached the Indian team. The Indian national team participated at the 1967 Olympics held in London. The team won Silver medal and also won at the1970 Asian Games in Bangkok. From 1949 to 1964, his hockey career spans, and during this period, he led India thrice. First time in 1953 when the Indian team went on a tour of Warsaw (Poland) and again secondly in India`s East African and European tours. Third Time he led the Indian team on Australian and New Zeeland tours.