- Neville D'Souza
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Neville D'Souza Personal information Full name Neville Stephen J. D'Souza Date of birth 1 January 1932 Place of birth Maharashtra, India Date of death 16 March 1980 (aged 48)Place of death Maharashtra, India Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† Bombay National team India * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). Neville Stephen J. D'Souza (1 January 1932 – 16 March 1980) was an Indian footballer who represented his nation at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he became the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games.[1][2] D'Souza finished the tournament as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3 games.[3] D'Souza played club football for Bombay.[4]
D'Souza married Lyra and they have a son named Nigel and two daughters Liesel and Fleurel. D'Souza died of a brain haemorrhage on 16 March 1980.[1]
References
- ^ a b Nitin N. Sethi (13 January 2004). "Mumbai salutes soccer legend". The Indian Times. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/419406.cms. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Nandakumar Marar (3 September 2000). "Recalling Neville's extraordinary exploits in Olympic football". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/03/stories/0703044z.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Stan Rayan (10 December 2005). "Where are the strikers?". The Sportstar. http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2850/stories/20051210005707500.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ K. Bhaskaran (12 November 2001). "1956, the year the stars failed to shine". The Mid-Day. http://www.indianfootball.com/article/article113.html. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
External links
- Neville D'Souza – FIFA competition record
- Sports Reference profile
Summer Olympics football tournament top scorers 1904: Alexander Hall / Tom Taylor | 1908: Sophus Nielsen | 1912: Gottfried Fuchs | 1920: Herbert Carlsson | 1924: Pedro Petrone | 1928: Domingo Tarasconi | 1936: Annibale Frossi | 1948: John Hansen / Gunnar Nordahl | 1952: Rajko Mitić / Branko Zebec | 1956: Todor Veselinović / Dimitar Milanov / Neville D'Souza | 1960: Harald Nielsen | 1964: Ferenc Bene | 1968: Kunishige Kamamoto | 1972: Kazimierz Deyna | 1976: Andrzej Szarmach | 1980: Sergey Andreyev | 1984: Borislav Cvetković / Stjepan Deverić / Daniel Xuereb | 1988: Romário | 1992: Andrzej Juskowiak | 1996: Hernán Crespo / Bebeto | 2000: Iván Zamorano | 2004: Carlos Tévez | 2008: Giuseppe RossiCategories:- 1932 births
- 1980 deaths
- Indian footballers
- Indian Christians
- India international footballers
- Olympic footballers of India
- Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Indian football biography stubs
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