Born in Madras (now Chennai), Peter represented his employer Madras Engineer Group, and Services at the club level.[1] He was renowned for his "dribbling skills, ball control and playmaking" and was called by former teammates Harbinder Singh and Inam-ur Rahman as "one of the best inside-rights India ever produced". Another former teammate Gurbux Singh credited him as having been the "architect of India's triumph over Pakistan in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics final." Peter was also instrumental in India's gold medal winning campaign at the 1966 Asian Games.[3] Following his death in June 1998, another former teammate Charles Cornelius recalled, "Peter was pure magic, and I will never forget the combination of Mohinder Lal, Joginder and Peter." M. P. Ganesh felt he was a "very artistic player and his passing was accurate and well-timed."[4]
References
^ abSwamy, V. Narayan (4 August 2011). "Peter's family struggles to make ends meet". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^"1964 Tokyo Olympics". Bharatiya Hockey. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^. The Indian Express. 2 July 1998. Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^. The Indian Express. 2 July 1998. Archived from the original on 23 May 2001. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
john, peter, field, hockey, victor, john, peter, june, 1937, june, 1998, indian, professional, field, hockey, player, three, time, olympian, played, halfback, part, indian, national, team, that, silver, gold, bronze, medals, respectively, 1960, 1964, 1968, oly. Victor John V J Peter 19 June 1937 30 June 1998 was an Indian professional field hockey player A three time Olympian who played as a halfback he was a part of the Indian national team that won the silver gold and bronze medals respectively in the 1960 the 1964 and the 1968 Olympic Games 1 Peter s brother Victor Philips was a member of the 1975 World Cup winning team 2 John PeterPersonal informationFull nameVictor John PeterBorn 1937 06 19 19 June 1937Madras now Chennai Madras Presidency now in Tamil Nadu British IndiaDied30 June 1998 1998 06 30 aged 61 Chennai Tamil Nadu IndiaPlaying positionHalfbackSenior careerYearsTeamMadras Engineer GroupServicesNational teamYearsTeamApps Gls IndiaMedal record Men s field hockeyRepresenting IndiaOlympic Games1960 Rome Team1964 Tokyo Team1968 Mexico TeamAsian Games1966 Bangkok TeamBorn in Madras now Chennai Peter represented his employer Madras Engineer Group and Services at the club level 1 He was renowned for his dribbling skills ball control and playmaking and was called by former teammates Harbinder Singh and Inam ur Rahman as one of the best inside rights India ever produced Another former teammate Gurbux Singh credited him as having been the architect of India s triumph over Pakistan in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics final Peter was also instrumental in India s gold medal winning campaign at the 1966 Asian Games 3 Following his death in June 1998 another former teammate Charles Cornelius recalled Peter was pure magic and I will never forget the combination of Mohinder Lal Joginder and Peter M P Ganesh felt he was a very artistic player and his passing was accurate and well timed 4 References Edit a b Swamy V Narayan 4 August 2011 Peter s family struggles to make ends meet The Times of India Retrieved 5 December 2018 1964 Tokyo Olympics Bharatiya Hockey Retrieved 5 December 2018 Peter remembered The Indian Express 2 July 1998 Archived from the original on 19 June 2006 Retrieved 5 December 2018 Hockey Olympian VJ Peter no more The Indian Express 2 July 1998 Archived from the original on 23 May 2001 Retrieved 5 December 2018 External links EditJohn Peter at Olympedia John Peter at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Peter field hockey amp oldid 1114044636, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
