Aziz Naik, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Aziz Naik

Pakistani hockey player

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1936

Date of Death: 02-May-2014

Profession: field hockey player

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Aziz Naik

  • Abdul Aziz Naik (September 29, 1936 – May 2, 2014) was a Pakistani field hockey player.
  • He was the fourth son to his father Ghulam Mohy Uddin Naik and mother Hakim Bibi.
  • Born in Peshawar, Pakistan on September 1936, Aziz Naik was a patriot to his country.
  • Aziz Naik served in the Pakistan Airforce in 1952 and later became a national celebrity when he represented Pakistan in two Olympic Summer Games: Helsinki in 1952 and Melbourne in 1956.
  • Graduated from Punjab University, Aziz Naik played for University Eleven 1948.
  • Represented N.W.F.P.
  • in National Championships in 1949-50.
  • Played for the Pakistan Airforce in 1952.
  • Aziz Naik represented Pakistan against German Eleven in 1954 and toured with the Pakistan National Hockey Team in Singapore and Malaya in 1955.
  • In 1956, Aziz Naik played his last Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia where Pakistan won a Silver Medal. In 1957 Aziz Naik emigrated to Montreal, Canada, where he established his Wholesale Sporting Goods business.
  • Then in 1963 he married a Canadian French women Denise Le Goff from which three sons were born: Atif, Ali, and Jamil.
  • Aziz Naik was very active in the Muslim community in Montreal, and between 1972 and 1979 he headed the Pakistani community in Montreal's Islamic Centre of Learning.
  • Aziz Naik was one of the leading Founders of the first Islamic Modern Mosque in Canada in 1959.

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