第6章：珍しい雑学

Reports speak of three to five weeks, as boycotts left gaps in the field.

出典：FIH, 'A captain recalls Zimbabwe's golden moment' (fih.hockey); Olympedia, Moscow 1980 hockey · 想起

Teams that had not qualified were asked in to fill them.

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They had to buy multi-stud boots in Moscow.

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Their boots had been made for grass.

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Her husband Clive was her training partner.

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It was the best level of opposition they could find at short notice.

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The country had been independent for only a matter of months.

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2-2, 4-1, 4-0.

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April 1980, June 1980, July 1980, 2018.

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Austria, Czechoslovakia, India, Poland, the USSR and Zimbabwe.

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The story is told in many versions; the proof is thin.

出典：bharatiyahockey.org, 'Hockey's Genius - Dhyan Chand' and 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; ThePrint, 'Dhyan Chand: the hockey wizard'; Outlook India, 2024; The Bridge and Scroll on the Khel Ratna, August 2021 · 想起

It shows how a tale changes with each teller.

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The story says no ordinary two-handed man could play so well; it is best enjoyed as a legend.

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One story has him practising by moonlight, another credits a prophecy by a coach.

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ThePrint argues Hitler never met him at all, so treat it as a legend.

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The change was announced on 6 August, while India's Olympic hockey teams were in the news.

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It was called Allahabad in his day, though he grew up mostly in Jhansi.

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1905, 1936, 2021.

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From west to east: the magnet, the statue, the glue.

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The tale has been repeated for decades, and it keeps growing.

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Bill Woodcock started the team for that one purpose.

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Membership was by invitation only.

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With green socks and navy blue shorts.

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For a club with no officials, it was a generous system.

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It was the Stade Français Easter Festival, and France was preparing for war.

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She also collects badges, ties and pennants.

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Artificial pitches and fewer Easter festivals reduced the demand.

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1938, 1939, 1951, 2025.

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These were their stops after the team reunited in 1948.

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She was first decorated with festival memorabilia in Paris, in 1939.

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He had wars to fight, and wanted men ready for them.

出典：Protoball, '1363.1' (protoball.org), on the proclamation of Edward III; Olympedia, 'Hockey'; History Hit, 'Why was medieval football banned?' · 想起

A nation's longbowmen did not train themselves.

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The word 'hockey' therefore only appears in later translations of it.

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It comes from a word for a stick, while the others are for feet and hands.

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Handball and cockfighting were on the list too.

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The 1527 mention is often quoted as an early use of the word.

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A modern translator chose the word; the original Latin did not use it.

出典：Protoball, '1363.1' (protoball.org), on the proclamation of Edward III; Olympedia, 'Hockey'; History Hit, 'Why was medieval football banned?' · 想起

1363, 1527, 1873.

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Handball, football, then the stick game.

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A skilled army of archers was thought far more use than a good stick player.

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The backs looked back and saw him behind the goalpost with the fans.

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The wives were a myth; the 'lions' were Roop Singh and Gurmeet Singh.

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The joke was a play on the family name Singh, which means lion.

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He is credited with the record for most goals in one hockey match.

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Roop and Dhyan were brothers, and scored 18 of the team's 24 goals that day.

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He went on to serve as High Commissioner to Ceylon.

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The team was the first group of Indian sportsmen to visit the United States.

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4, 8, 10.

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2, 15, 24, 35.

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He conceded only two goals in the two matches of 1932.

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It was the first Olympic hockey meeting between the two.

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Balbir Singh scored both of the first-half goals.

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Partition had scattered India's experienced players.

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He had been flown in to join India's team in 1936.

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India's captain sat down to dinner with King George after the Games.

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India House hosted the event.

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After the Games they toured France, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland.

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2-1, 2-0, 4-0, 8-0.

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The team was celebrated all the way home.

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It was the fulfilment of a boast from Mhow, in central India.

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It was the host nation's first gold in the sport.

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Pakistan disputed the corner, and also a disallowed goal of its own.

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Pakistani fans and officials had stormed the officials' table.

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Disrespect to the flag was alleged as well.

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The first decision was a ban of four years.

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The ban on them was reduced to two years.

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Pakistan got its gold that time, against West Germany.

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Two years, four years, life.

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1960, 1972, 1984.

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It came after West Germany's 1-0 win over Pakistan.

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It was the final, and it was played at home in New Delhi.

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The blame fell on him, whoever else was involved.

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He was accused of betraying the team for money, though nothing was ever proved.

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He said the film was not a documentary of his own life.

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It appears on the Indian hockey archive bharatiyahockey.org.

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India's women had just beaten Australia at Tokyo.

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The film gave him a late moment of fame as well.

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1982, 2007, 2021.

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1, 7, 25.

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Years on, he would see his story retold, loosely, on the big screen.

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He fell in pain and left for medical attention.

出典：The Bridge, 'Umpire hit on face by ball from drag flick', 25 January 2023; Sports Digest on Paris 2024; Auckland Star, 'Hockey dispute', 10 July 1945 (Papers Past); Dawn · 想起

He was standing a few metres from the post.

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South Korea's Jang Jonghyun took the flick in the 28th minute.

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A Dutch stick got a touch on it on the way through.

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India's Raghu Prasad took over.

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His stick swung up and struck a British player across the face.

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The Auckland Star called it the 'hockey dispute'.

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1945, 2023, 2024.

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All in the 28th minute of the match.

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They are among the hardest shots in the game.

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Ahmed Sher Khan had been in India's squad there, 39 years before his son's big day.

出典：Aslam Sher Khan, 'To Hell With Hockey', at bharatiyahockey.org; bharatiyahockey.org, 'Golden Olympic Moments: 1936'; Scroll on 1975 · 想起

A massive crowd in Kuala Lumpur was against India.

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It is now hosted on the bharatiyahockey.org archive.

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Another account says three minutes: memories differ.

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Ashok Kumar scored, 39 years after his father's last Olympic final.

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Being massively supported did not save them in the end.

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The 1975 title remains its only one.

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1936, then the semi-final and final in 1975.

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1975, 1982, 2018.

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Long left out of the team, he came on and saved the day for India.

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