His name Syed Yusuf appears to have been entered by Olympedia due to some other consideration such as from the Guinness Book of World Records.

The Indian field hockey team won the gold medal at Amsterdam Olympics.

[4] He was captain of the Afghanistan hockey team which took part in the Western Asiatic Games at Delhi in 1934.

[5][6][7] He was also captain of the Afghanistan field hockey team at 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin but remained a non-starter.

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