Manzoor Hussain Atif

Brigadier (R) Manzoor Hussain Atif (4 September 1928 – 8 December 2008) was a former secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation and an Olympian in the game of field hockey.[1]

Manzoor Hussain Atif
Personal information
Born(1928-09-04)4 September 1928[1]
Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
Died8 December 2008(2008-12-08) (aged 80)[1]
Islamabad, Pakistan
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Pakistan
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne Team competition
1960 Rome Team competition
1964 Tokyo Team competition
Asian Games
1962 Jakarta Team competition

Early life and career

Atif started as a soldier in the Pakistan Armed Forces and eventually reached the rank of a Brigadier before he retired from the army.[1] Later while Manzoor Hussain Atif was involved with the Pakistan Hockey Team, the team won one Olympic gold medal in (1960) and two Olympic silver medals in 1956 and again in 1964.[1] He is regarded as one of the most successful Olympians of Pakistan.

Awards and recognition

Death and legacy

Atif died on 8 December 2008 in Islamabad, Pakistan at age 80.[4] He was a passionate person as a field hockey player as well as a Pakistan Hockey Team manager. Pakistan won its second Olympic gold medal at Mexico City in 1968 and then at Los Angeles in 1984 when he was their team manager.[4][5] He was a highly respected person in the field hockey world.[4] Qasim Zia and Asif Bajwa of the Pakistan Hockey Federation paid rich tributes to Atif at a memorial ceremony event held at Lahore, after his death. Qasim Zia said, "He was not only a pure administrator but also a very polite and humble person."[6]

References
  1. Manzoor Hussain Atif at Sports Reference Profile of Manzoor Hussain Atif on sports-reference.com website, Retrieved 2 Dec 2016
  2. Manzoor Hussain Atif's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 16 July 2019
  3. http://nation.com.pk/lahore/21-Dec-2008/AHF-honours-Rehan-Brig-Atif, Lifetime Achievement Award for Atif by the Asian Hockey Federation on The Nation newspaper, Published 21 Dec 2008, Retrieved 3 Dec 2016
  4. "Hockey legend Manzoor Hussain Atif dies". Dawn. Pakistan. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. http://www.geosuper.tv/articles.asp?id=348 Archived 1 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 'Pakistan back on top of the world with a hockey gold at Mexico', Geo Super TV Channel website, Retrieved 2 Dec 2016
  6. http://nation.com.pk/lahore/14-Dec-2008/PHF-pays-rich-tributes-to-late-Brig-Atif, The Nation newspaper, Published 14 Dec 2008, Retrieved 3 Dec 2016
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