You and your boys have done wonderfully to foster the game of hockey in our country I hope that you will return to India with good impressions and with the same feeling of friendship to the German hockey players as we feel towards you…Tell them how much we all admired the sill and performance of the prefect hockey they have shown us.

Dhyan Chand (August 29, 1905 – December 3, 1979), born Dhyan Singh, was a legendary Indian field hockey player. Often called a "Hockey Wizard" for his masterly stick work and ball control and widely regarded as the greatest hockey player of all time. During his playing years, Chand won three Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932, and in 1936, the last was one in Berlin Olympics and earned the title as the Hockey Personality of the Century. His career span started as Lance Naik in the Indian Army under the British rule and ended with elevation to the rank of a Major. He scored 109 goals at the Olympics and 300 goals in other international matches, which is till now an unbroken record. He received the national honour of Padma Bhushan and his birth anniversary is celebrated as the National Sports day in India. His statues adorn the National Sports Stadium in Delhi, in Vienna Sports Club, and on the vantage hill top of Jhansi. A commemorative postage stamp was also issued in his honour.