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| Born | 8 August 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| India | 147 (52) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rajpal Singh (born 8 August 1983) is a former captain of India national hockey team.[1] He plays from the forward (front line) position. He is an Arjuna Award winner. He is a graduate from Chandigarh's SGGS Khalsa College and a product of Shivalik Public School. Rajpal Singh hogged the limelight with a sterling show at his first international outing at the 2001 Youth Asia Cup. India won the Cup at Ipoh, Malaysia, where he was the 'Player of the Tournament', with seven goals. Rajpal Singh was in the news before the home world cup, as he unitedly led his team's fight for its rights with the hockey administrators.
- ^ "Rajpal replaces Sandeep as hockey captain". 13 November 2009.