Walter D'Souza
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Walter Luis de Sousa (December 16, 1920 – August 23, 1989) was an India
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Walter was born in M'bale in East Africa where his father worked for the British government
He returned to India as a young boy to pursue his education, which he did in Saint Josephs in Bangalore
It was while he was a schoolboy in Bangalore that he started playing hockey. In the early 1940s he played for a club called the Bangalore Blues
He then moved to Bombay and joined the Times Of India and played both hockey and soccer for them
He subsequently joined the Lusitanians - a Goan hockey team that in years to come fielded several Olympians including fellow Olympians Leo Pinto, Maxi Vaz, Reggie Rodrigues and Amir Kumar,
Walter reresented India :
1947 - East Africa Tour
1948 - London Olympics
1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan
He was also a keen soccer player and played for the Indian Cultural League (ICL)
It was under his captaincy that the ICL won the FA Cup in Calcutta
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Field hockey
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player.
Walter was born in M'bale in East Africa where his father worked for the British government
He returned to India as a young boy to pursue his education, which he did in Saint Josephs in Bangalore
It was while he was a schoolboy in Bangalore that he started playing hockey. In the early 1940s he played for a club called the Bangalore Blues
He then moved to Bombay and joined the Times Of India and played both hockey and soccer for them
He subsequently joined the Lusitanians - a Goan hockey team that in years to come fielded several Olympians including fellow Olympians Leo Pinto, Maxi Vaz, Reggie Rodrigues and Amir Kumar,
Walter reresented India :
1947 - East Africa Tour
1948 - London Olympics
1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan
He was also a keen soccer player and played for the Indian Cultural League (ICL)
It was under his captaincy that the ICL won the FA Cup in Calcutta