Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh (born 8 July 1946) is a former Indian professional field hockey player and coach. He was also the captain and coach of the Indian team. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1973.
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| Full name | Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 July 1946 Suntikoppa, Kodagu district, Karnataka, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965 - 1973 | Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 - 1974 | India | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was the head coach of the India hockey team at the 1990 Hockey World Cup.[2]
Personal life
editGanesh was born on 8 July 1946 in the Kodagu (earlier known as Coorg) district in Karnataka. He switched over to hockey when he joined the Indian Army and played in the hockey tournaments from 1966 - 1973. Ganesh has completed MA in English, Diploma in Sports Coaching from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala and Ph.D in Physical education. Ganesh has 5 siblings (one sister and four brothers) of which 2 brothers, M P Subbaiah and M P Kaveriappa have achieved great laurels in both Football and Hockey at All India and national levels [3]
Awards
edit- Arjuna Award - 1973[4][5]
- Silver Jubilee Sports Award of Karnataka - 1981
- Padma Shri award - 2020
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ganesh Mollerapoovayya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Indian Coaches in Men's Hockey World Cups". hockeypassion.in. Hockey Passion. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "M. P. Ganesh biodata" (PDF). coorgblossom. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Padma Awards 2020 Announced". pib.gov.in.
- ^ The Hindu Net Desk (26 January 2020). "Full list of 2020 Padma awardees". The Hindu.
