Name Bandu Patil | Died August 23, 1988 | |
Bandu Patil (January 1, 1936 – August 23, 1988) was an Indian hockey player. Bandu Patil represented the Indian Hockey team, which won Silver medal & Gold medal during 1960 & 1964 Olympics.
He is from Belgaum. The Belgaum Cantonment had planned to rename the Khanapur road from Sanchayni Circle to Suryakant Park (Gogte circle) as Bandu Patil (He was a part of the gold medal winning Indian hockey team in the 1960s) road, but it was later found that, the same road was named after Maj.Cariappa in the military records.
Medals
*1960 Rome Olympics- Silver *1964 Tokyo Olympics- Gold *1962 Asian Games – SilverReferences
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