John Peter (field hockey)

Indian field hockey player (1937–1998)

John PeterPersonal information

Full name|  Victor John Peter
Born|  (1937-06-19)19 June 1937
Madras (now Chennai), Madras Presidency
(now in Tamil Nadu), British India
Died|  30 June 1998(1998-06-30) (aged 61)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Playing position|  Halfback
Senior career
Years|  Team
|  Madras Engineer Group
|  Services
National team
Years|  Team|  Caps|  Goals
|  India|  |

Medal record

Men's field hockey
Representing  India
Olympic Games
|  1960 Rome | Team
|  1964 Tokyo | Team
|  1968 Mexico | Team
Asian Games
|  1966 Bangkok | Team

Victor John "V. J." Peter  (19 June 1937 – 30 June 1998) was an Indian professional field hockey player. A three-time Olympian who played as a halfback, he was a part of the Indian national team that won the silver, gold and bronze medals respectively in the 1960, the 1964 and the 1968 Olympic Games.[1] Peter's brother Victor Philips was a member of the 1975 World Cup winning team.[2]

Born in Madras (now Chennai), Peter represented his employer Madras Engineer Group, and Services at the club level.[1] He was renowned for his "dribbling skills, ball control and playmaking" and was called by former teammates Harbinder Singh and Inam-ur Rahman as "one of the best inside-rights India ever produced". Another former teammate Gurbux Singh credited him as having been the "architect of India's triumph over Pakistan in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics final." Peter was also instrumental in India's gold medal winning campaign at the 1966 Asian Games.[3] Following his death in June 1998, another former teammate Charles Cornelius recalled, "Peter was pure magic, and I will never forget the combination of Mohinder Lal, Joginder and Peter." M. P. Ganesh felt he was a "very artistic player and his passing was accurate and well-timed."[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Swamy, V. Narayan (4 August 2011). "Peter's family struggles to make ends meet". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
2. ^ "1964 Tokyo Olympics". Bharatiya Hockey. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
3. ^ "Peter remembered". The Indian Express. 2 July 1998. Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
4. ^ "Hockey Olympian VJ Peter no more". The Indian Express. 2 July 1998. Archived from the original on 23 May 2001. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

## External links

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* John Peter at Olympedia
* John Peter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

India squads

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India squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

* 1 Joseph Antic
* 2 Leslie Claudius (c)
* 3 Jaman Lal Sharma
* 4 Mohinder Lal
* 5 Shankar Lakshman
* 6 John Peter
* 7 Govind Sawant
* 8 Raghbir Singh Bhola
* 9 Udham Singh
* 10 Charanjit Singh
* 11 Jaswant Singh
* 12 Joginder Singh
* 13 Prithipal Singh
* Coach: Kishan Lal

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India squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (7th Title)

* 1 Haripal Kaushik
* 2 Mohinder Lal
* 3 Shankar Lakshman
* 4 Bandu Patil
* 5 John Peter
* 6 Syed Ali
* 7 Udham Singh
* 8 Charanjit Singh (c)
* 9 Darshan Singh
* 10 Dharam Singh
* 11 Gurbux Singh
* 12 Harbinder Singh
* 13 Jagjit Singh
* 14 Joginder Singh
* 15 Prithipal Singh
* 16 Balbir Singh Kullar
* 17 Rajendran Christie
* Coach: Dharam Singh

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India squad – 1966 Asian Games – Gold medal (1st Title)

* 1 A. L. Frank
* 2 Balbir Singh Grewal
* 3 Haripal Kaushik
* 4 Balbir Singh Kular
* 5 Balbir Singh Kullar
* 6 Mohinder Lal
* 7 Shankar Lakshman (c)
* 8 John Peter
* 9 Dharam Singh
* 10 Gurbux Singh
* 11 Harbinder Singh
* 12 Harmik Singh
* 13 Inder Singh
* 14 Jagdeep Singh
* 15 Jagjit Singh
* 16 Prithipal Singh
* 17 Tarsem Singh
* 18 Noel Toppo

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India squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

* 1 Rajendran Christie
* 2 Krishnamurthy Perumal
* 3 John Peter
* 4 Muneer Sait
* 5 Inam-ur Rahman
* 6 Ajit Pal Singh
* 7 Balbir Singh Kullar
* 8 Balbir Singh Kular
* 9 Balbir Singh
* 10 Gurbux Singh (c)
* 11 Harbinder Singh
* 12 Harmik Singh
* 13 Inder Singh
* 14 Prithipal Singh (c)
* 15 Tarsem Singh
* 16 Jagjit Singh
* Coach: Balkrishan Singh

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