Balbir Singh ... win its ever gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. Singh died at the age of 95 in the northern city of Chandigarh after a prolonged pulmonary illness, his family said.
He continues to be on ventilator assistance," his grandson Kabir said in a statement. Hockey legend Balbir Singh sr. on Tuesday suffered ... Netherlands in the gold medal match of the 1952 Games.