Famous Indian Volleyball Players

Famous Indian Volleyball players:- Volleyball is undoubtedly is a very popular and famous sport all over the world. Other sports like Cricket, hockey, and football volleyball are not as popular as those but still, the country produced so many talented players.

The game of volleyball gained proper attention and a function with the formation of a national governing body of Volleyball as the Volleyball Federation of India(VFI) in 1951. Before the formation of VFI volleyball used to happen just in the interstate tournament which grew to Senior National Championships for the first time in 1952. The first professional ever produced by India was the most talented Jimmy George who was considered one of the best-known players ever in the world volleyball.

No.1 Jimmy George

Full name:- Jimmy George
Nationality:- Indian
Position:- Attacker
Hometown:- Peravoor, Kannur, Kerala, India
Height:- 1.87m
National team:- Indian national team
Last playing club:- Pallavolo Gabeca
Died:- 30 November 1987 aged 32 because of the car crash.

About:- Jimmy George is considered one of the greatest professional volleyball players from India. He was the playing member of India’s National Volleyball team. He was also the first Indian volleyball player who becomes a professional and played volleyball for a club in Italy. He is the brother-in-law of Olympian Anju Bobby George. Hw represented India in the 1986 Asian Games and also won a bronze medal for the country. He was also the youngest volleyball player to win an Arjuna Award at the age of 21. He was considered one of the best attackers during his prime while playing club volleyball in Italy. He died in a car accident at the young age of 32 years.

No.2 G.E. Sridharan

Nationality:- Indian
Born:- 14 January 1954
Hometown:- Coimbatore
Position:- Outside hitter
Height:- 1.92m
National team:- Indian National team
About:- G.E. Sridharan is a former professional volleyball player who represented the Indian team in various competitions around the world. He was a member of the Indian national team during the late 1970s to 1980s. The second player to receive Arjuna Award from the Indian state Tamil Nadu. He is currently the head coach of the Indian national team. He is considered as one of the finest coaches who make India win gold in Asian games. He also won Dronacharya Award in 2008 by then-President Smt. Pratibha Deisingh Patil.

No.3 Balwant Singh

Nationality:- Indian
National team:- Indian national team
Home town:- Kaul village, Kaithal, Haryana
Height:- 1.98m
Instagram Profile – Balwant Singh Official Instagram Profile
About:- Balwant Singh was an Indian professional volleyball player in the state of players Haryana. He was popularly known by the name Ballu all over the world. He represented the Indian national team during the Asian Games of 1970, 1974, and 1978. He played nationally from 1965 to 1988 which helped Punjab to won the national titles 10 times mainly with the performance of Singh. He received the highest sports honor of the country in 1972 for his contribution to the national team.

No.4 Minimol Abraham

Nationality:- Indian
National team:- Indian national team
Position:- Outside hitter
Height:- 1.85m
Current club:- Indian Railways
Hometown:- Kerala
About:- Minimol Abraham is a female professional volleyball player and the current captain of the Indian National volleyball team. She represents the domestic volleyball club of Indian Railways. She is considered one of the greatest female volleyball players in female volleyball. She represented the Indian female national team in the 2010 Asian games and 2018 Asian Games.

No.5 K. Udayakumar

Full name:- Karunakarakurup Udayakumar
Nationality:- Indian
National team:- Indian National team
Last club:- Kerala Police
Height:- 1.89m
Home town:- Maraikulam, Kerala, India
About:- Karunakarakurup Udayakumar was Indian volleyball who captained the Indian national team in the 1986 Asian Games where the team won a bronze medal. It is also said that he captained the team in the golden era of Indian volleyball. He was a member of India which includes great legends like Jimmy George and Cyril C. Valloor. He was given Arjuna Award in 1991 for his contribution to the game of volleyball.

No.6 Nirmal Saini

Full name:- Nirmal kaur Saini
Nationality:- Indian
National team:- Indian national team
Height:- 1.5m
Position:- Outside hitter
Home town:- Sheikhpura, Punjab, present-day Panjab Pakistan.
About:- Nirmal Saini was an Indian volleyball player who represented team India in various competitions. She was the captain of the women’s National Volleyball team. She is the wife of famous Milklha Singh popularly known as The Flying Sikh and mother of golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. She completed her graduation from Panjab University with a master’s degree in Political Science. She was also the Director for Women in the State Department.

No.7 Nripjit Singh Bedi

Nationality:- Indian
Nickname:- Nippy
Position:- Smasher
Home town:- Dhariwal, Gurdaspur, Punjab
Height:- 1.85m
National team:- Indian National Team
Current Club:- Retired
About:- Nripjit Singh Bedi was a professional volleyball player. He was a member of the silver winning Asian Games Indian National team in the Fourth edition of Asian Games. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1962. He played volleyball for a long 23 years and was also Commandant in Border Security Force of Punjab.

No.8 Priyanka Bora

Nationality:- Indian
National team:- Indian National Team
Home town:- Pune, Maharastra.
Height:- 178cm
Position:- Middle Blocker
Current club:- Indian Railways
About:- Priyanka Bora is a female volleyball player who represented the Indian national team on numerous occasions. She was also part of the women’s National Team in the Asian Games in 2010. She currently plays for the Indian Railways volleyball club.

No.9 Ramavtar Singh Jakhar

Nationality:- Indian
National team:- Indian National team
Home town:- Dhamora, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan
Height:- 1.9m
Position:- Outside hitter
About:- Ramavtar Singh Jakhar is a retired professional International volleyball player. He is the son of Navrang Singh Jakhar former MLA of Nawalgarh. He completed his BA from the University of Rajasthan and currently working as a Manager in the State Bank Of India. He represented team India in the 2006 SAF Games at Colombo winning gold medals as manager of SBI.

No.10 Kamlesh Khatik (Famous Indian Volleyball players)

Nationality:- Indian
Home town:- Bhilwara, Rajasthan
Height:- 183cm
National team:- Indian National Team
About:- Kamlesh Khatik popularly known as Libero of Indian Volleyball. He is a member of the Indian National team who participated in the 20th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship in 20019 held in Qatar and he is also a member of the 20th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship with Iran held in Tehran, Iran.