flynn23 wrote:
] ] Born in the village of Basti Danishmandan, near the
] ] northwest Indian city of Jalandhar in 1904, Khan was a
] ] contemporary of Indian hockey great Dhyan Chand and they
] ] played together at the 1928 Olympics.
] ]
] ]
] ] In an interview with Reuters on his 100th birthday on
] ] September 9 last year, Khan said discipline in every
] ] facet of life had helped him live a long and healthy
] ] life.
]
] Who woulda known that India had an Olympic hockey program?!

Apparently, the Jamaican Bobsled team stole all the thunder there...

RE: Oldest Olympic gold medalist dies - Apr 21, 2005