Bhopal, March 22 -- Aslam Sher Khan and the sidelines are old acquaintances, playing hide and seek through a life that has seen the strapping six-footer rise to fame and plunge into oblivion time and again since his defining moment at Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Football Stadium in 1975.
The star of the Hockey World Cup that year, Khan booked his place in sports history with a crucial equaliser against hosts Malaysia after being brought in as a substitute in the dying moments of the semi-finals. The goal powered India to its maiden World Cup victory.
Khan returned home to a hero's welcome. After a brief stopover in New Delhi, where the team was even hosted by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, he arrived in Bhopal to be swept off his feet by h...