- Despite officially being India's greatest sportsperson of all-time, he died in exceptionally poor financial conditions, unable to pay even his hospital bills.
- His feats at the 1936 Berlin Olympics were so outstanding that local newspapers published a headline saying "The hockey arena of the Olympics is a magic show. If you want to witness for yourself, go watch Dhyanchand in action".
- Retired from Field Hockey altogether in 1948, with unaccounted but also unprecedented 800 goals to his name.
- Was the Guest Of Honor at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
- Although disgusted by the defeat of his hockey team at the hands of whom he thought were "racially inferior colonial people", German dictator Adolf Hitler was so impressed by Chand's mastery of the sport that upon knowing Chand was a corporal in the British Indian Army offered him a commissioned officer rank in the OKW. Chand politely turned down the offer.
- In 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, to be awarded every year on 29th August, which happens to be Chand's birth anniversary.
- When sports was introduced in contention for India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 2013, most expected that Chand being officially the greatest Indian sportsperson ever would be bestowed with the award posthumously. Chand had already been the recipient of Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, back in 1956. To the astonishment of many, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was instead awarded Bharat Ratna on the eve of his 200th and last test match.
- His son Ashok hit the winning goal in the finals of the 1975 Hockey World Cup at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against arch rivals Pakistan. As of January 2023, it remains India's only Hockey World Cup triumph.
- The astro turf of the Indian Gymkhana in London's Olympic Arena is named after him.
- BBC in its tributes to Dhyan Chand called him "the field hockey equivalent of Muhammad Ali".
- Famously practiced dribbling on the same line on the railway tracks where his regiment was stationed under moonlights post duty hours, earning him his name "Chand" which in Hindi and Urdu translates to Moon.
- Was a senior coach post retirement at the National Institute Of Sports, Patiala.
- When Sir Don Bradman, widely considered the greatest cricketer of all-time, came to watch a hockey match between India and Australia at Adelaide in 1936 which India won by a comprehensive margin with Chand leading the scoring charts, Bradman commented that "Dhyanchand scores goals just as I score runs".
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