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Manzoor Hussain Atif

Personal information
Born	(1928-09-04)4 September 1928 Gujrat, Punjab, British India
Died	8 December 2008(2008-12-08) (aged 80) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Pakistan Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team competition 1956 Melbourne Team competition 1964 Tokyo Team competition Asian Games 1962 Jakarta Team competition

Brigadier (R) Manzoor Hussain Atif (4 September 1928 – 8 December 2008) was a former secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation and an Olympian in the game of field hockey. In 1994, he was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.

Early life and career

Atif started as a soldier in the Pakistan Armed Forces and eventually reached the rank of a Brigadier before he retired from the army. Later while Atif was involved with the Pakistan Hockey Team, the team won one Olympic gold medal in 1960 and two Olympic silver medals in 1956 and again in 1964. He is regarded as one of the most successful Olympians of Pakistan.

• Atif was the Secretary of Pakistan Hockey Federation for 11 years
• Atif was the Secretary of Asian Hockey Federation for 16 years
• Atif was the Vice President of Asian Hockey Federation from 1982 to 2001

Awards and recognition

• Pride of Performance Award for Sports in 1963 by the President of Pakistan
• Lifetime Achievement Award by the Asian Hockey Federation

Death and legacy

Atif died on 8 December 2008 in Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan at age 80. He was a passionate person as a field hockey player as well as a Pakistan Hockey Team manager. Pakistan won its second Olympic gold medal at Mexico City in 1968 and then at Los Angeles in 1984 when he was their team manager. He was a highly respected person in the field hockey world. Qasim Zia and Asif Bajwa of the Pakistan Hockey Federation paid rich tributes to Atif at a memorial ceremony event held at Lahore, after his death. Qasim Zia said, "He was not only a pure administrator but also a very polite and humble person."

References

1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manzoor Hussain Atif". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
2. "Manzoor Hussain Atif". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
3. Manzoor Hussain Atif's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 16 May 2021
4. Lifetime Achievement Award for Atif by the Asian Hockey Federation The Nation (newspaper), Published 21 December 2008, Retrieved 16 May 2021
5. ^ "Hockey legend Manzoor Hussain Atif dies". Dawn (newspaper). Pakistan. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
6. Gul Hameed Bhatti (1 November 2009). "Pakistan back on top of the world with a hockey gold at Mexico". Geo Super TV Channel website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
7. "PHF pays rich tributes to late Brig Atif". The Nation (newspaper). 14 December 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

External links

• Manzoor Hussain Atif at Olympics.com
• Pakistan Hockey Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 May 2009)

v t e Pakistan squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – 4th place
1 Manzoor Hussain Atif 2 Jack Britto 3 Abdul Hamid 4 Mahmood-ul Hassan 5 Asghar Ali Khan 6 Niaz Khan 7 Habib Ali Kiddie 8 Aziz Malik 9 Latif Mir 10 Habibur Rehman 11 Latif-ur Rehman 12 Qazi Abdul Waheed

v t e Pakistan squad – 1956 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Zakir Hussain 2 Munir Dar 3 Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool 4 Anwar Ahmed Khan 5 Qazi Massarrat Hussain 6 Noor Alam 7 Abdul Hamid 8 Habibur Rehman 9 Naseer Bunda 10 Motiullah 11 Latif-ur Rehman 12 Akhtar Hussain 13 Habib Ali Kiddie 14 Manzoor Hussain Atif

v t e Pakistan squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – Gold medal (1st Title)
1 Lala Abdul Rashid 2 Mushtaq Ahmad 3 Manzoor Hussain Atif 4 Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool 5 Anwar Ahmed Khan 6 Bashir Ahmed 7 Noor Alam 8 Abdul Hamid (c) 9 Abdul Waheed 10 Naseer Bunda 11 Motiullah 12 Khwaja Zakauddin 13 Khursheed Aslam 14 Munir Dar 15 Habib Ali Kiddie 16 Rony Gardener 17 Zafar Ali 18 Zafar Hayat
Reference: "THE XVII OLYMPIAD" (PDF). LA84 Foundation.

v t e Pakistan squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Abdul Hamid 2 Muhammad Asad Malik 3 Munir Dar 4 Khalid Mahmood 5 Anwar Ahmed Khan 6 Nawaz Khizar 7 Khurshid Azam 8 Muhammad Manna 9 Manzoor Hussain Atif 10 Muhammad Abdul Rashid 11 Motiullah 12 Tariq Niazi 13 Saeed Anwar 14 Tariq Aziz 15 Zafar Hayat 16 Khwaja Zakauddin

• 1928 births
• 2008 deaths
• Pakistani male field hockey players
• Olympic field hockey players for Pakistan
• Olympic gold medalists for Pakistan
• Olympic silver medalists for Pakistan
• Olympic medalists in field hockey
• Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Asian Games medalists in field hockey
• Field hockey players at the 1958 Asian Games
• Field hockey players at the 1962 Asian Games
• Pakistani sports executives and administrators
• Recipients of the Pride of Performance
• People from Gujrat District
• Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
• Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
• Recipients of the Olympic Order
• 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen