Hockey Championship twice. Participation in the Olympics 1956 Melbourne Olympics Bhola was part of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Indian Field Hockey squad. The team was captained by Balbir Singh and defeated Afghanistan 14 goals to 0, the United States 16-0 and Singapore 6-0 in the group stage and Germany 1-0 in the semifinals. India defeated Pakistan in the final 1-0, and brought home the gold medal. 1960 Rome Olympics Bhola was the only player to be selected from the Services Selection Board (SSB) for the Indian Field Hockey National Team to participate in a goodwill tour of Singapore and Malaysia in February 1954. In 1959, he was again selected to play on a goodwill tour of Egypt, Italy, Spain and Germany, in preparation for the 1960 Rome Olympics. For the 1960 Rome Olympics, the team was captained by Anglo-Indian Leslie Claudius. Bhola scored a total of 6 goals in the tournament: three goals against Denmark, one against Holland, one against New Zealand and the only goal (scored in extra time) against Australia in the quarterfinals. Bhola's extra-time penalty corner goal against Australia carried India into the semifinal where they beat Great Britain (1-0). India and Pakistan reached the finals again. Pakistan scored a goal in the first 10 minutes of the game after which India made several attempts to even the score, but were unsuccessful due to good saves by the Pakistan goalie. In the last 4 minutes of the game, Bhola got the ball, dodged right-half, right-front back, entered the shooting circle and took a left hand stroke at the goal, missing the mark by six inches. India lost to Pakistan and got a silver medal. References External links Raghbir Singh Bhola's profile at databaseOlympics 1960 Olympics, Pakistan ends India's Dominance Olympics, Hat-trick goal scorers for India R.S.Bhola, A Legend India Performance Article 1960 Olympics, India Performance Olympian suggests success mantras for Indian hockey team The Golden Team Arjuna Awards, IOA Website Arjuna Awards, Hockey India Website Indian Sports News - Modern Indian Hockey 1927 births 2019 deaths People from Multan Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Delhi Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic silver medalists for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Delhi Technological University alumni Medalists at