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	'''Walter Luis de Sousa''' (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[field hockey]] player.		'''Walter Luis de Sousa''' (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an Indian [[field hockey]] player.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	He subsequently joined the Lusitanians - a Goan hockey team that in years to come fielded several Olympians including fellow Olympians [[Leo Pinto]], [[Maxie Vaz\|Maxi Vaz]], Reggie Rodrigues and [[Amir Kumar]].		He subsequently joined the Lusitanians - a Goan hockey team that in years to come fielded several Olympians including fellow Olympians [[Leo Pinto]], [[Maxie Vaz\|Maxi Vaz]], Reggie Rodrigues and [[Amir Kumar]].

	==International ~~& Club~~ career==		==International and club career==
	A member of the Indian Field Hockey Team that took the gold medal at the [[1948 Summer Olympics\|1948 Olympic]] competition, Walter D’Souza’s athletic career lasted around two decades. In 1943 he joined the Lusitanian Hockey Team and helped them take the Provincial Cup, the Lewis Cup, the Willie Fernandes Trophy and second place in the competition for the field hockey [[Aga Khan Trophy]]. That same year, he also joined the Young Goans Football club and won his first of three successive Nadkarni Cups with the team. He captained the Lusitanians in 1944 and 1945, winning the [[Aga Khan Trophy]] and achieving second place for the Lewis Cup. In 1952, he began playing soccer for Bombay and in 1954 and 1955 he captained the city’s field hockey team. As captain of the Indian Cultural League, he won the Indian Football Association’s Shield, the first time a team outside of Calcutta had won the honor. He left the Lusitanians in 1956 to play for Burma Shell and continued to play for various teams on and off through 1968.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/walter-de-sousa-1.html Walter De Sousa at Sports Reference]</ref>		A member of the Indian Field Hockey Team that took the gold medal at the [[1948 Summer Olympics\|1948 Olympic]] competition, Walter D’Souza’s athletic career lasted around two decades. In 1943 he joined the Lusitanian Hockey Team and helped them take the Provincial Cup, the Lewis Cup, the Willie Fernandes Trophy and second place in the competition for the field hockey [[Aga Khan Trophy]]. That same year, he also joined the Young Goans Football club and won his first of three successive Nadkarni Cups with the team. He captained the Lusitanians in 1944 and 1945, winning the [[Aga Khan Trophy]] and achieving second place for the Lewis Cup. In 1952, he began playing soccer for Bombay and in 1954 and 1955 he captained the city’s field hockey team. As captain of the Indian Cultural League, he won the Indian Football Association’s Shield, the first time a team outside of Calcutta had won the honor. He left the Lusitanians in 1956 to play for Burma Shell and continued to play for various teams on and off through 1968.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/walter-de-sousa-1.html Walter De Sousa at Sports Reference]</ref>

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	==Awards ~~& Honors~~==		==Awards and honors==
	The Bakshi Bahaddar Jiva Kerkar State Award For Excellence In Sports By The Government Of Goa.		The Bakshi Bahaddar Jiva Kerkar State Award For Excellence In Sports By The Government Of Goa.

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	==External links==		==External links==
			* {{sports links}}
	* [http://www.patrickdesousa.com/pages/dad.htm Walter de Sousa's pages on his family website]		* [http://www.patrickdesousa.com/pages/dad.htm Walter de Sousa's pages on his family website]
	* {{databaseolympics}}
	* {{Sports reference}}
	* {{Olympedia}}
	* [https://books.google.com/books?id=7DJLxYBYA-YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Walter%20D%27Souza%20(&f=false Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present]		* [https://books.google.com/books?id=7DJLxYBYA-YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Walter%20D%27Souza%20(&f=false Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present]

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'''Walter Luis de Sousa''' (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an [[India]]n [[field hockey]] player.

==Early life==
Walter was born in [[Mbale|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 [[St. Joseph's College, Bangalore|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]], [[Maxie Vaz|Maxi Vaz]], Reggie Rodrigues and [[Amir Kumar]].

==International & Club career==
A member of the Indian Field Hockey Team that took the gold medal at the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympic]] competition, Walter D’Souza’s athletic career lasted around two decades. In 1943 he joined the Lusitanian Hockey Team and helped them take the Provincial Cup, the Lewis Cup, the Willie Fernandes Trophy and second place in the competition for the field hockey [[Aga Khan Trophy]]. That same year, he also joined the Young Goans Football club and won his first of three successive Nadkarni Cups with the team. He captained the Lusitanians in 1944 and 1945, winning the [[Aga Khan Trophy]] and achieving second place for the Lewis Cup. In 1952, he began playing soccer for Bombay and in 1954 and 1955 he captained the city’s field hockey team. As captain of the Indian Cultural League, he won the Indian Football Association’s Shield, the first time a team outside of Calcutta had won the honor. He left the Lusitanians in 1956 to play for Burma Shell and continued to play for various teams on and off through 1968.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/walter-de-sousa-1.html Walter De Sousa at Sports Reference]</ref>

==Later years and death==
In 1976 he was the selector of the Indian National Hockey Team that won its first (and, as of 2006, only) Hockey World Cup. His health and eyesight began to fail and he died in 1989. His funeral was attended by many prominent field hockey players, including [[Lawrie Fernandes]] and [[Leo Pinto]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/walter-de-sousa-1.html Walter De Sousa at Sports Reference]</ref>

==Representing India==

1947 - East Africa Tour

[[1948 London Olympics|1948 - London Olympics]]

1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan

==Awards & Honors==
The Bakshi Bahaddar Jiva Kerkar State Award For Excellence In Sports By The Government Of Goa.

The city of Mumbai honored him by founding the Walter de Sousa Garden near the Metro Cinema in 1993.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/walter-de-sousa-1.html Walter De Sousa at Sports Reference]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.patrickdesousa.com/pages/dad.htm Walter de Sousa's pages on his family website]
* {{databaseolympics}}
* {{Sports reference}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=7DJLxYBYA-YC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=snippet&q=Walter%20D%27Souza%20(&f=false Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present]

{{Olympic medalists for India}}
{{India FH Squad 1948 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:Ugandan people of Goan descent]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Goa]]
[[Category:Indian Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Olympic field hockey players of India]]
[[Category:Field hockey players at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Indian male field hockey players]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]