Manzoor Hussain Atif

Manzoor Hussain Atif
Personal information
Born	4 September 1928
Died	8 December 2008 (aged 80); Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Pakistan
Olympic Games
Asian Games

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.^[1] In 1994, he was a recipient of the Silver Olympic Order.^[2]

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.^[1] Later while Atif was involved with the Pakistan Hockey Team, the team won one

Olympic silver medals in 1956 and again in 1964.^[1]

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^[1]

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance Award for Sports in 1963 by the President of Pakistan^[3]
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Asian Hockey Federation^[4]

Death and legacy

Atif died on 8 December 2008 in Combined Military Hospital

Olympic gold medal at Mexico City in 1968 and then at Los Angeles in 1984 when he was their team manager.^[5]^[6] He was a highly respected person in the field hockey world.^[5] 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."^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.
^ "Manzoor Hussain Atif". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
^ Manzoor Hussain Atif's award info on Pakistan Sports Board website Retrieved 16 May 2021
^ Lifetime Achievement Award for Atif by the Asian Hockey Federation The Nation (newspaper), Published 21 December 2008, Retrieved 16 May 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hockey legend Manzoor Hussain Atif dies". Dawn (newspaper). Pakistan. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ 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.
^ "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)

[sports-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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

[Dawn-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.

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v t e Pride of Performance for Sports
1950s	(1958) (1958) (1958) (1958) Subedar Muhammad Iqbal (1959) (1959)
1960s	(1960) (1960) (1960) (1960) Khawaja Iftikhar Ahmed (1960) (1960) Captain Raja Javed Akhtar Khan (1961) (1961) (1962) (1962) Hafiz Rashid (1962) (1962) Brigadier M.A. Baig (1962) Abbas Mirza (1963) Manzoor Hussain Aatif (1963) (1963) Dafadar Mubarak Shah (1963) Khundker Nasim Ahmed (1964) Jamadar Ghulam Raziq (1964) Subedar Muhammad Nawaz (1966) (1966) (1966) (1967) (1968) (1968) Khalid Mahmood Hussain (1968) (1968) (1969) (1969) Mohammad Akhtar (1969)
1970s	(1970) Ahmed Riazuddin (1970) Jehangir Ahmed Butt (1970) (1970) (1970) Major Mohammad Aslam Khan (1970) Fazal Rehman (1971) (1971) Riaz Ahmed (1971) Nabi Ahmed Kalat (1971) (1971)
1980s	(1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1982) (1983) (1983) (1983) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) (1984) Major Mohammad Sher Khan (1985) (1986) (1986) Captain Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (1986) Mohammad Ali (1986) Abdul Majeed Maruwala (1987) Shah Jehan (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1988) (1989)
1990s	Honorary Lieutenant Mohammad Younis (1990) Arif Khan (1990) (1990) Nazo Anwar Miandad (1990) (1990) (1992) (1992) Ghulam Abbas (1992) Taimur Hasan (1992) (1992) Qazi Muhibur Rehman (1993) Rajab Shah (1993) (1994) (1994) Khwaja Mohammad Junaid (1994) (1994) Muhammad Saeed Khan (1994) (1994) Ahmed Alam (1994) (1994) (1994) Muhammad Shafqat (1994) Irfan Mehmood (1994) Naveed Alam (1994) (1994) Muhammad Danish Kaleem (1994) Muhammad Usman (1994) (1994) Rahim Khan (1994) Rana Mujahid Ali (1994) Waseem Feroze (1994) Aliya Rasheed (1995) Fareed Sehrai (1995) (1995) Ali Nawaz Baloch (1995) Mohammad Sarwar (1995) (1996) Sardar Azmarai Javaid Hissam el-Effendi (1996) (1997)
2000s	(2000) (2003) Rozi Ali (2003) Mohammad Irfan Islam (2003) Grand Master Muhammad Ashraf Tai (2004) Zakir Hussain Syed (2004) (2004) (2005) (2008) Zubair Ahmed Hundal (2008) Shahid Rehman (2008) Umer Khan Achakzai (2009)
2010s	Atta Muhammad Kakar (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2010) (2011) (2011) (2011) Shahid Pervaiz Butt (2011) (2011) (2012) (2013) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) (2015) (2015) (2017) Alamgir Anwar Shaikh (2017)