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	* {{cite web\|title=Leslie Fernandes rakes up ‘Recognition’ Issue\|author=K. Arumugam\|date=10 July 2007\|url=http://www.stick2hockey.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleOID=623}}		* {{cite web\|title=Leslie Fernandes rakes up ‘Recognition’ Issue\|author=K. Arumugam\|date=10 July 2007\|url=http://www.stick2hockey.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleOID=623}}

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Adding local short description: "Indian field hockey player", overriding Wikidata description "Indian Field Hockey goaile" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
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'''Leslie Fernandez''' is a railway worker and former Indian national [[field hockey]] goalie.<ref name="thehindu_20110125">{{cite news|title=Veteran hockey players delighted with synthetic turf in Tiruchi|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2011 | first=G.|last=Prasad|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/veteran-hockey-players-delighted-with-synthetic-turf-in-tiruchi/article1122969.ece |accessdate=14 April 2015 }}</ref> He served as a [[goalkeeper (field hockey)|goalkeeper]] in the Indian national hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1975 Hockey World Cup.<ref name="1975wcteam">{{cite web|title=1975 WC: A brief of World Cup goldies|url=http://www.stick2hockey.com/Article/1975%20WC-%20A%20brief%20of%20World%20Cup%20Goldies/5342.html|author=K. Arumugam|date=21 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="goalkeeper">{{cite news|title=Arjuna Award: Will Charles Cornelius wait for eternity|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011202/ncr3.htm#4|author=M. S. Unnikrishnan|date=2 December 2011|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>
and he was educated at [[Campion Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School]] in [[Tiruchirappalli]]. He blocked Pakistan's winning goal in the final minutes of the game winning India a gold medal. In tribute, he donated it to the church. He lives in Madras currently with his family.

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* {{cite web|title=Leslie Fernandes rakes up ‘Recognition’ Issue|author=K. Arumugam|date=10 July 2007|url=http://www.stick2hockey.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleOID=623}}

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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey]]
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[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]

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