India’s 1975 hockey World Cup winner Michael Kindo, 73, dead

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Dec 31 : Former India left back Michael Kindo, who was part of the team that won the 1975 World Cup and bronze at the 1972 Olympic Games, died on Thursday in a hospital in Rourkela. He was 73 and is survived by his wife, son, and two daughters.
Kindo, a recipient of Arjuna Award, was undergoing treatment for geriatric complications for one month at the Rourkela Ispat General Hospital, said sources.
Kindo’s former India teammate, goalkeeper Ashok Diwan, described Kindo a “gentleman”.
“A true gentleman. It’s sad that the year has to end with a news like this,” Diwan, who was a goalkeeper of the 1975 World Cup-winning team, told IANS.
“He had been ill for some time now. When we had gone to Odisha for the last World Cup in 2018, we couldn’t meet him because of his illness.” Hockey India, too, mourned the death of the versatile full back.