Walter D'Souza
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1948 London | Team |
Walter Luis de Sousa (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an Indian field hockey 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 represented 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
External links
- Walter de Sousa's pages on his family website
- Walter D'Souza's profile at databaseOlympics
- Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present