M. P. Ganesh
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Full name | Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Suntikoppa, Kodagu district, Karnataka, India | 8 July 1946|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965 - 1973 | Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974 | Bombay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969 - 1974 | India | 100+ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh (born 8 July 1946) is a former Indian professional field hockey player. He was also captain and coach of the Indian team. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1973.
Personal life[]
Ganesh was born on 8 July 1946 in the Kodagu (earlier known as Coorg) district in Karnataka. He switched over to hockey when he joined the Indian Army and played in the hockey tournaments from 1966 - 1973. Ganesh has completed MA in English, Diploma in Sports Coaching from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala and Ph.D in Physical education. Ganesh has 5 siblings (one sister and four brothers) of which 2 brothers, M P Subbaiah and M P Kaveriappa have achieved great laurels in both Football and Hockey at All India and national levels [2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/The_Indian_hockey_team_poses_before_the_XXIV_Olympic_Games%2C_Seoul.jpg/220px-The_Indian_hockey_team_poses_before_the_XXIV_Olympic_Games%2C_Seoul.jpg)
M. P. Ganesh (standing sixth from left) with the Indian hockey team, Seoul Olympics, 1988, as coach
Awards[]
References[]
- ^ "Player's Profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "M. P. Ganesh biodata" (PDF). coorgblossom. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Padma Awards 2020 Announced". pib.gov.in.
- ^ The Hindu Net Desk (26 January 2020). "Full list of 2020 Padma awardees". The Hindu.
External links[]
- M. P. Ganesh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- M. P. Ganesh at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1946 births
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Indian male field hockey players
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Indian field hockey coaches
- Kodava people
- Living people
- People from Kodagu district
- Field hockey players from Karnataka
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 1974 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Olympic bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports