Indian Olympic team Archives

FREDERICK WHITE BORN 1930 – 13 AUGUST 2022 – ONE OF CEYLON’S BEST EVER SPORTSMEN – by Dennis de Rosayro It is with utmost sadness that I received the news today of the demise on the 13th August, of affectionately well known Freddie, my teammate at the Burgher R.C. from 1954, in Perth, Australia. Freddie made his debut as an 18 year old schoolboy from Kingswood College, Kandy versus the Indian Olympic Team in 1948. How does one describe Asia’s best Goalkeeper when India and Pakistan were the two top teams in World Hockey. In 1960 when Ceylon hosted Olympic Champions India for 2 Tests, the Indian team Manager, Dr. B.L. Gupta and 4 times Olympian and Captain, Leslie Claudius told the media, if Freddie was an Indian they would have taken him to Rome as their first choice Goalkeeper for the 1960 Olympics. His glittering career ended in 1967, captaining ...

Ceylon Hockey – PERIOD – 1st APRIL 1960 TO 31 MARCH 1961 By Dennis de Rosayro. President – Dr. W.R. Chamnugam Hony. Secretary – Mr. Chandra T.A. Schaffter Hony Treasurer – Mr. A. Nadarajah Selection Committee – Col. B. Russell Heyn (Chairman), A. Mylgavanam, Leslie W. Sellayah, Chandra T.A. Schaffter and Fulham S.V. Wright Andriesz Shield (1960 – League Champions – Havelock Sports Club Pioneer Cup (1960 – K/O) Champions – Tamil Union C & A.C. Dr. W.R. Chanmugam was one of the very best personalities elected to serve Hockey in then Ceylon, and I dare say up to today, in Sri Lanka. The good doctor was a stalwart of the Tamil Union C & A.C. A renowned administrator and a passionate lower of Hockey. All others were Internationals of repute with Russell Heyn, Leslie Sellayah, A. Mylgavanam, and Fulham Wright, captaining Ceylon. Furthermore, Chandra Schaffter also represented ...