Anvir Adil Khan Babu

Anvir Adil Khan Babu (Bengali: আনভীর আদিল খান বাবু; c. 10 May 1954 – 28 August 2021) also lovingly called Hockey Babu (হকি বাবু) a Bangladeshi field hockey player, sports administrator, and politician. He served as the goalkeeper of the Bangladesh national field hockey team during the late 1970s and early 1980s, representing the country at the 1978 Asian Games, 1982 Asian Games, and the 1982 Men's Hockey Asia Cup. After retiring from active play, he served as Joint Secretary of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation and as a team manager for the national side. In politics, he was affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and served as Vice President of the Dhaka South Metropolitan BNP.

Early life Anvir Adil Khan Babu was born on 10 May 1954 to Mr Nurul Islam and Mrs Meherunessa Islam. He was born in Shantinagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan). He was the youngest of three children and showed promise in athletics and sports from a young age. He went to Residential Model School, Dhaka for his primary education and Abbottabad Public School, West Pakistan (now Pakistan) high school. In high school he excelled in sports specially swimming, football and cricket.

Field hockey career He played for various local sports clubs including Abahani Limited and Mohammadan Sporting Club who were arch rivals in Bangladesh sports arena. He also played for Shantinagar Sports Club.

Playing career Anvir Adil Khan Babu was a goalkeeper who rose through Bangladeshi domestic hockey, representing prominent clubs including Mohammedan SC and Abahani Limited, among several others.