Vece Paes
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1972 Munich | Team |
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1971 Barcelona | Team |
Vece Paes (born 30 April 1945) is a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal.[1] He is the father of Indian tennis player Leander Paes. He is also a doctor in sports medicine,[2] and served as the president of the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club.[3][4]
He studied Pre-medical course from Presidency College, Calcutta during 1964-65. He attended La Martiniere College in Lucknow.[5] He is married to Jennifer Dutton, a great-granddaughter of Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
References
[edit]- ^ Bose, Reshmi. "CCFC − 225 AND STILL COUNTING". wotweb.com. Kolkata: Window On Travel. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ Ninan, Susan (3 July 2020). "Sport, interrupted: After 228 years, Kolkata's storied CC&FC laid low by lockdown". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Calcutta Cricket and Football Club — Past Presidents". ccfc1792.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Chakraborty, Ajanta (30 July 2013). "World's oldest sports club to go to ballot box for the first time in 221 years". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Kolkata: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ La Martiniere College alumni meet The Tribune 8 November 2002, Chandigarh, India accessed July 2007
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- Presidency University, Kolkata alumni
- Olympic field hockey players for India
- Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Indian male field hockey players
- University of Calcutta alumni
- La Martinière College, Lucknow alumni
- Indian Roman Catholics
- Field hockey players from Goa
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for India
- 1945 births
- Indian field hockey biography stubs