Udham Singh: Born on August 4, 1928, Punjab's Udham Singh has the unique distinction of playing at FOUR Olympics. He was only the second hockey player to achieve the feat. Almost a stone’s throw from Jalandhar cantonment is the famous village of Sansarpur, aptly called the nursery of hockey players. This village of 3000 souls has had the distinction of giving to the national many Olympic players and also to host of India, state, services and University stars. To this village belongs Udham Singh.  A clever inside left and a prolific scorer, Udham Singh has had a quick rise to fame in hockey. Udham had already  made his mark, won many a laurel before joining DAV College, Jalandhar which he captained in 1947. The same year he was selected to represent Punjab in the Nationals since then he has been a very useful member of the state team and has played an important role in Punjab winning the National Championships in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1954. His Nationals record is impressive what with his participation till 1965, that is, 17 times without break. Injury to a finger just before the departure of the team for the London Olympiad in 1948 robbed him of a place in the team. He toured Afghanistan with the IHF team in 1949 and was later chosen as a member of the 1952 Olympic team which successfully defended the title in Helsinki. He toured Poland in 1953 with the IHF team, captained Punjab in 1954, and led the IHF team to the Youth Festival in Warsaw in 1955 and helped the country retain the Olympic title in Melbourne in 1956. Bigger honours awaited him on his return form Down under. Udham captained the team which toured East Africa in 1957. Later he was vice captain of the team that toured Europe and participated in the international hockey festival in Munich. He was 5 feet and 5 inches tall and very agile on his feet. His spare time interest was poultry. Udham Singh retired from hockey and served as a police officer in Border Security Force in Jalandhar. His services were utilised for coaching the players. He also accompanied the India team as official coach to London to the pre-Olympic tournament in 1967. Besides, he has the distinction of coaching the team in the 1968 Olympics, the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1970 and the team which went to Singapore for the SE A regional tournament. He was the fourth hockey player to receive the prestigious Arjuna. He got the award in 1965.