Leslie Fernandez (field hockey)

Indian field hockey player

Leslie Fernandez
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing India
Hockey World Cup
	1975 Kuala Lumpur	Team
Asian Games
	1974 Tehran	Team

Leslie Fernandez is a railway worker and former Indian national field hockey goalie. He served as a goalkeeper in the Indian national hockey team which won the gold medal in the 1975 Hockey World Cup. 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.

Notes

Prasad, G. (25 January 2011). "Veteran hockey players delighted with synthetic turf in Tiruchi". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
K. Arumugam (21 February 2010). "1975 WC: A brief of World Cup goldies".
M. S. Unnikrishnan (2 December 2011). "Arjuna Award: Will Charles Cornelius wait for eternity". The Tribune.

References

K. Arumugam (10 July 2007). "Leslie Fernandes rakes up 'Recognition' Issue".

v t e India squad – 1974 Asian Games – Silver medal
1 Vasudevan Baskaran 2 John Correia 3 Leslie Fernandez 4 M. P. Ganesh 5 B. P. Govinda 6 Aslam Sher Khan 7 Mehboob Khan 8 Ashok Kumar 9 K. N. Kusha 10 Victor Philips 11 Surjit Singh Randhawa 12 Ajit Singh 13 Ajit Pal Singh 14 Baldev Singh 15 Chand Singh 16 Harcharan Singh 17 Harmik Singh 18 Varinder Singh

v t e India squad – 1975 World Cup – Champions (1st Title)
1 Leslie Fernandez 2 Ashok Diwan 3 Surjit Singh 4 Michael Kindo 5 Aslam Sher Khan 6 Varinder Singh 7 Onkar Singh 8 Mohinder Singh 9 Ajit Pal Singh (c) 10 Ashok Kumar 12 B. P. Govinda 13 Harcharan Singh 14 Harjinder Singh 15 Victor Philips 16 Shivaji Pawar 17 BP Kaliah Coach: Gurcharan Singh Bodhi

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