Iqbal Singh Kullar

Iqbal Singh Kullar is a former hockey international player, who represented [England men's national field field hockey|hockey team|England] and Great Britain. He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Kullar was born in Sansarpur, India but moved to England in 1964 aged 10, he studied at the University of London.
He played club hockey for Beckenham Hockey Club in the Men's England Hockey League and represented Kent at county level. While at Beckenham he made his England debut on 11 May 1979 against Czechoslovakia in Zagreb and his Great Britain debut on 4 January 1980 against the Netherlands in Karachi, during the Champions Trophy.
Kullar was named in the 22-strong squad for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but was unable to participate due to the boycott.
He left Beckenham for Worthing Hockey Club for the start of the 1985 season and became the club's player-coach.