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|birth_date= {{birth date|1920|12|16|df=yes}} | |birth_date= {{birth date|1920|12|16|df=yes}} | ||
|birth_place=[[Mbale]], Eastern | |birth_place=[[Mbale]], Eastern [[Uganda]] | ||
|death_date={{death date and age|1989|08|23|1920|12|16|df=yes}} | |death_date={{death date and age|1989|08|23|1920|12|16|df=yes}} | ||
|death_place=[[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India | |death_place=[[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India | ||
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{{MedalGold|[[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]|[[Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} | {{MedalGold|[[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]|[[Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Team]]}} | ||
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'''Walter Luis de Sousa''' (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an | '''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 | ==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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1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan | 1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan | ||
==Awards | ==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== | ||
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* [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] | ||
* [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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[[Category:1989 deaths]] | [[Category:1989 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Goan Catholics]] | [[Category:Goan Catholics]] | ||
[[Category:Field hockey players from Goa]] | [[Category:Field hockey players from Goa]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Roman Catholics]] | [[Category:Indian Roman Catholics]] | ||
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]] | [[Category:Olympic medalists in field hockey]] | ||
[[Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics]] | ||
[[Category:Expatriates in Uganda]] | |||
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| Full name | Walter Louis Joseph de Sousa | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 1920 Mbale, Eastern Uganda | |||||||||||||
| Died | 23 August 1989 (aged 68) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field Hockey | |||||||||||||
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Walter Luis de Sousa (16 December 1920 – 23 August 1989) was an Indian field hockey player.
Early life[edit | edit source]
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.
International and club career[edit | edit source]
A member of the Indian Field Hockey Team that took the gold medal at the 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.[1]
Later years and death[edit | edit source]
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.[2]
Representing India[edit | edit source]
1947 - East Africa Tour
1949 - Jashan Celebration in Afghanistan
Awards and honors[edit | edit source]
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.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
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- Walter de Sousa's pages on his family website
- Profiles of eminent Goans, past and present
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