Abdul Rashid was a member of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

's gold medal winning 1960 Olympic

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

 field hockey team. He played as a goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal...

 throughout the tournament.

Early life and education

Born in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

, British India on 1 June 1922, he originated from a Kashmiri Butt family whose parents migrated from Kashmir in early 1900s. He studied at DANNYS high school in Rawalpindi and then joined Gordon College, where played hockey. After graduation he was selected for Punjab university and played for them in 1942.

International career

Rashid represented Pakistan at the Olympics and was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He also served as the team coach of the Pakistan in late 1970s. Rasheed also held the position of Asian Hockey Federation general for few months, but quickly stepped down. He was highly respected in the hockey world and was instrumental in raising the sport’s profile at an international level, winning an emerging player award in 1960. Rasheed died after a illness in Rawalpindi on March 8, 1988 at the age of 69.