Vece Paes
Indian field hockey player
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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
- ^ 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
External links
- Vece Paes at Olympedia
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India squad – 1971 World Cup – 3rd place
- 1 Ajit Pal Singh (c)
- 2 Cedric Pereira
- 3 Charles Cornelius
- 4 Baldev Singh
- 5 Vinod Kumar
- 6 Michael Kindo
- 7 Krishnamurthy Perumal
- 8 Harmik Singh
- 9 Vece Paes
- 10 M. P. Ganesh
- 11 Ashok Kumar
- 12 Rajwinder Singh
- 13 Shahid Noor
- 14 Francis D'Mello
- 15 Kulwant Singh
- 16 Harcharan Singh
- Coach: Balbir Singh Sr.
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